Mechanical thrombectomy – an alternative treatment option in a patient with acute ischemic stroke and multiple contraindications for systemic thrombolysis: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Jens Eyding²  Sabine Skodda²  Lothar Heuser¹  Reinhard Wiebringhaus¹  Katrin Christina Sczesni² 

[1] Department of Radiology, Knappschaftskrankenhaus, Ruhr University, In der Schornau 23-25, 44892 Bochum, Germany;Department of Neurology, Knappschaftskrankenhaus, Ruhr University, In der Schornau 23-25, 44892 Bochum, Germany

关键词: Thrombolysis;    Mechanical thrombectomy;    Endovascular treatment;    Acute ischemic stroke;   

Others  :  825003
DOI  :  10.1186/1752-1947-7-256

 received in 2013-02-18, accepted in 2013-09-18,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Introduction

Acute ischemic stroke is a common cause of disability and death in developed countries. Standard therapy for patients who present within 4.5 hours from the onset of symptoms is intravenous thrombolysis if contraindications such as oral anticoagulation, cancer or recent surgery are ruled out. Apart from that, mechanical recanalization is a new treatment option for patients with occlusion of major cerebral arteries as a cause of ischemic stroke.

Case presentation

In this case report we describe a 55-year-old Caucasian man with a right hemispheric ischemic syndrome who presented in time but who had multiple contraindications against systemic thrombolysis. He was then treated with mechanical recanalization and recovered. On discharge from the hospital he had only a slight left-sided facial paresis and discrete impairment of motion smoothness in his left hand.

Conclusion

We conclude that multimodal imaging should be performed in all patients with an acute onset of neurological symptoms suspicious of ischemic stroke, even if they have contraindications against an intravenous thrombolytic treatment.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Sczesni et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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