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SUBMITTER: Poppe AY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7357657 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Poppe A Y AY Jacquin G G Roy D D Stapf C C Derex L L
AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology 20200604 7
Approximately 15% of patients undergoing endovascular thrombectomy for anterior circulation acute ischemic stroke have a tandem lesion, defined as a severe stenosis or occlusion of the cervical internal carotid artery ipsilateral to its intracranial occlusion. Patients with tandem lesions have worse outcomes than patients with isolated intracranial occlusions, but the optimal management of their carotid lesions during endovascular thrombectomy remains controversial. The main options commonly use ...[more]