Combined use of export catheter and penumbra vacuum thromboaspiration in a challenging case of acute common carotid artery occlusion

Gianluca Rigatelli; Giuseppe Martire; Mauro Gentile; Flavio Michielan; Pietro Amistà

doi:10.1016/j.carrev.2016.05.012

Combined use of export catheter and penumbra vacuum thromboaspiration in a challenging case of acute common carotid artery occlusion

Cardiovasc Revasc Med. 2016 Oct-Nov;17(7):468-469. doi: 10.1016/j.carrev.2016.05.012. Epub 2016 Jun 23.

Authors

Gianluca Rigatelli¹, Giuseppe Martire², Mauro Gentile², Flavio Michielan³, Pietro Amistà²

Affiliations

¹ Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Endoluminal Interventions Unit, Rovigo General Hospital, Rovigo, Italy. Electronic address: jackyheart71@yahoo.it.
² Department of Neurosciences, Rovigo General Hospital, Rovigo, Italy.
³ Anesthesiology Department, Rovigo General Hospital, Rovigo, Italy.

PMID: 27394181
DOI: 10.1016/j.carrev.2016.05.012

Abstract

A 76-year-old hypertensive man with previous bilateral iliac stenting was admitted in our center for acute stroke with an NIH score of 20 at 6 h from symptoms onset. The common carotid occlusion with a huge thrombus and a very calcified plaque has been successfully recanalyzed with a combination of coronary total occlusion technique, filter-aided coronary manual thrombectomy and Penumbra vacuum thrombectomy systems.

Keywords: Interventions; Stroke; Thrombectomy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

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Angiography
Carotid Artery, Common* / diagnostic imaging
Carotid Stenosis / complications
Carotid Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
Carotid Stenosis / therapy*
Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Equipment Design
Humans
Male
Stroke / diagnostic imaging
Stroke / etiology
Thrombectomy / instrumentation*
Thrombosis / complications
Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging
Thrombosis / therapy*
Treatment Outcome
Vascular Access Devices*
Vascular Calcification / complications
Vascular Calcification / diagnostic imaging
Vascular Calcification / therapy*