Basilar artery occlusion in a child treated successfully with mechanical thrombectomy using ADAPT.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1136/neurintsurg-2015-012195.rep.
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Abstract
Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) in the pediatric population is rare. Furthermore, it is common for physicians to take significantly longer diagnosing a posterior circulation stroke in a child than in an adult. There are increasing case reports in the literature of treating AIS in children with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator, intra-arterial thrombolysis, and/or mechanical thrombectomy. We present the first case of pediatric AIS treated using a direct aspiration first pass technique (ADAPT) as a means of mechanical thrombectomy.
Medical subject headings
- Arterial Occlusive Diseases
- Basilar Artery
- Brain Ischemia
- Intracranial Arteriosclerosis
- Stroke
- Thrombectomy