Temporary stenting and retrieval of the self-expandable, intracranial stent in acute middle cerebral artery occlusion

Sang Hyun Suh; Kyung-Yul Lee; Chang Ki Hong; Byung Moon Kim; Chang-Hyun Kim; Tae-Sub Chung; Dong Ik Kim

doi:10.1007/s00234-009-0530-y

Temporary stenting and retrieval of the self-expandable, intracranial stent in acute middle cerebral artery occlusion

Neuroradiology. 2009 Aug;51(8):541-4. doi: 10.1007/s00234-009-0530-y. Epub 2009 May 8.

Authors

Sang Hyun Suh¹, Kyung-Yul Lee, Chang Ki Hong, Byung Moon Kim, Chang-Hyun Kim, Tae-Sub Chung, Dong Ik Kim

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 146-92 Dogok-dong Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 135-720, Republic of Korea. suhsh11@yuhs.ac

PMID: 19424689
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-009-0530-y

Abstract

We describe our experience in which a retrievable Enterprise stent was used as a temporary recanalization and embolectomy device in an acute middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion after urgent stenting for ipsilateral carotid artery stenosis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Brain / blood supply
Brain / diagnostic imaging
Brain / surgery
Cerebral Angiography
Humans
Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / diagnostic imaging*
Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / surgery*
Middle Cerebral Artery / diagnostic imaging*
Middle Cerebral Artery / surgery*
Neurosurgical Procedures / methods
Stents*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome