From Bad to Worse: Intravenous Thrombolysis in Tandem Occlusion

We report a stroke patient with tandem occlusion of both the distal middle cerebral artery (MCA) and the ipsilateral internal carotid artery (ICA) who clinically deteriorated after intravenous thrombolysis in spite of recanalization of the ICA because of new proximal MCA (main-stem) occlusion. We di...

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Main Authors: Serdar Tütüncü, Annerose Ziegler, Jochen Fiebach, Heinrich Audebert, Christian Nolte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Galenos Yayinevi 2012-12-01
Series:Türk Nöroloji Dergisi
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Online Access:http://www.tjn.org.tr/jvi.aspx?pdir=tjn&plng=eng&un=TJN-77044