Safety and Feasibility of Reconstructing Dissection Tandem Lesions with Flow Diverter Stents during Mechanical Thrombectomy for Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Multicenter Retrospective Case Series.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with acute ischemic stroke due to large vessel occlusion may present with concomitant carotid dissections that make the technical approach for their treatment challenging. The purpose of this study was to determine the safety and feasibility of flow diverter (FD) stents to treat carotid artery dissections in tandem lesions of acute ischemic stroke patients during mechanical thrombectomy.

Methods

A retrospective review of all patients in which a carotid artery dissection was treated with an FD during endovascular treatment of acute ischemic stroke between 2018 and 2020 was conducted in 5 high-volume Comprehensive Stroke Centers. Patient clinical and angiographical characteristics, postoperative outcome, and follow-up were recorded.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Diaz-Silva H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12778746 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature