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Containing a Clot in the Mid-Basilar Artery Using a Self-Expandable Stent to Prevent Distal Clot Migration during
1Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center; Seoul, Korea - dhlee@amc.seoul.kr.
Summary:
During local intra-arterial thrombolysis (LIT), management of the secondary embolization of a fragmented or dislodged clot can be cumbersome. The fate could be dismal if without pursuit and lysis of the migrated clot. Recently, we successfully managed a patient with acute ischemia due to a large clot impinged in the mid basilar trunk while avoiding distal migration of the clot by containing the impinged clot using a self-expandable stent during LIT.
