Low-pressure balloon angioplasty with adjuvant pharmacological therapy in patients with acute ischemic stroke caused by intracranial arterial occlusions
Nogueira R, Schwamm L, Buonanno F, Koroshetz W, Yoo A, Rabinov J, Pryor J, Hirsch J. Low-pressure balloon angioplasty with adjuvant pharmacological therapy in patients with acute ischemic stroke caused by intracranial arterial occlusions. Neuroradiology 2008, 50: 331-340. PMID: 18172631, DOI: 10.1007/s00234-007-0340-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRecanalization rateIntracranial arteriesLow-pressure balloon angioplastyGlycoprotein IIb-IIIa inhibitorsInternal carotid artery terminusT-PAAdjuvant pharmacological therapyIntravenous t-PAOverall recanalization rateAcute ischemic strokeIIb-IIIa inhibitorsIntracranial arterial occlusionProcedure-related morbidityHigher recanalization ratesChances of recanalizationIA urokinaseSymptomatic hemorrhageAcute strokeCerebral infarctionCoronary balloonIschemic strokeConsecutive patientsPharmacological therapyArterial occlusionMechanical thrombolysis