PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Song, Joon K.
AU  - Cacayorin, Edwin D.
AU  - Campbell, Morgan S.
AU  - Fisher, Stanley
AU  - Malkoff, Marc D.
AU  - Alexandrov, Andrei V.
AU  - Grotta, James C.
TI  - Intracranial Balloon Angioplasty of Acute Terminal Internal Carotid Artery Occlusions
DP  - 2002 Sep 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 1308--1312
VI  - 23
IP  - 8
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/23/8/1308.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/23/8/1308.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2002 Sep 01; 23
AB  - Summary: Acute embolic occlusion of the intracranial internal carotid bifurcation is associated with a poor prognosis. Recanalization rates of this lesion with intravenous or intraarterial thrombolysis are exceedingly low. We describe the use of balloon angioplasty after failed thrombolysis to achieve immediate recanalization of acute carotid T occlusions in two patients. At 1-month follow-up, both patients were alive with neurologic deficits. For acute carotid T occlusion, balloon angioplasty should be considered a first-line endovascular therapy.