J Cardiovasc Ultrasound.  2015 Mar;23(1):56-57. 10.4250/jcu.2015.23.1.56.

How an Occluded Artery Recanalizes during Acute Stroke Thrombolysis

• Sharma VK
• Yeo LL
• Teoh HL

• KMID: 2135411
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4250/jcu.2015.23.1.56

Abstract

No abstract available.

Keyword

Acute stroke; Thrombolysis; Transcranial Doppler; CT angiography; Recanalization; Middle cerebral artery

MeSH Terms

Arteries*
Middle Cerebral Artery
Stroke*

Figure

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  Fig. 1 A: Pre-treatment computed tomographic angiography (CTA) of the brain shows a filling defect in the proximal right middle cerebral artery. B: The image shows the CTA performed on day 2, showing complete recanalization.

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  Fig. 2 Continuous transcranial Doppler monitoring of the right middle cerebral artery (MCA) was performed to evaluate its patency. A: The image shows the minimal grade flow signals in the right MCA at 16 minutes that improved during next few seconds (B), rapidly becoming normal flow signals (C).

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