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Published in: BMC Neurology 1/2015

Open Access 01-12-2015 | Case report

Complex interventional treatment in a patient with atrial fibrillation and stroke caused by large carotid artery thrombus: a case report

Authors: Anetta Lasek-Bal, Tomasz Urbanek, Damian Ziaja, Aldona Warsz-Wianecka, Przemysław Puz, Krzysztof Ziaja

Published in: BMC Neurology | Issue 1/2015

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Abstract

Background

The treatment option for acute ischaemic stroke depends on the duration of symptoms, the dynamics of neurological condition changes, the aetiology, type of stroke, as well as the results of angiographic and neuroimaging tests.

Case presentation

A 60-year-old male patient presented with progressive left hemisphere stroke caused by extensive cardiogenic embolism of the common carotid artery and a thrombus closing the internal carotid artery from its ostium to the level of its intracranial division. The complex revascularisation therapy involving surgical embolectomy of the common carotid artery, thrombectomy of the internal carotid artery and intra-arterial thrombolysis has led to the improvement of arterial patency and has countered the progression of acute cerebral ischaemia.

Conclusion

Emergency carotid embolectomy together with thrombectomy and local thrombolytic rt-PA treatment may be a reasonable rescue therapy for carefully selected patients with large-vessel acute stroke. Further research is needed to establish the advantages and safety of surgical thrombectomy in patients with acute embolic occlusion of the carotid artery and ineffectiveness of or contraindications for systemic thrombolytic treatment.
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Metadata
Title
Complex interventional treatment in a patient with atrial fibrillation and stroke caused by large carotid artery thrombus: a case report
Authors
Anetta Lasek-Bal
Tomasz Urbanek
Damian Ziaja
Aldona Warsz-Wianecka
Przemysław Puz
Krzysztof Ziaja
Publication date
01-12-2015
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Neurology / Issue 1/2015
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2377
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-015-0322-4

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