Direct carotid artery puncture for acute ischemic stroke: Local experience and systematic review.

ABSTRACT: BackgroundTo establish surgical access during endovascular treatment of ischemic stroke, femoral artery puncture is most commonly performed followed by a small number of radial artery access procedures. However, there are few reports of carotid artery puncture.MethodsWe report the case of an 87-year-old woman who was admitted to hospital with hemiplegia of the left limb and loss of consciousness for 40 min, accompanied by urinary incontinence. After complicated transfemoral and transradial attempts, the patient underwent emergency direct carotid artery puncture (DCAP) for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke. We reviewed the literature on this topic over a 7-year period (September 2014 to April 2022), including 202 patients with acute ischemic stroke who underwent emergency DCAP and endo

SUBMITTER: Yin C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12202889 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature