Crossover balloon technique for vertebral artery thrombus: a novel method

Vikram Huded1, Ratnavalli Ellajosyula, Romnesh de Souza

  • 1Department of Interventional Neurology, Narayana Institute of Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

A 54-year-old man presented with recurrent episodes of transient ischemic attacks and acute stroke secondary to a floating thrombus in the right vertebral artery (VA) with narrowing of the right VA. He was initially treated medically with anticoagulation, antiplatelets and statins but developed multiple fresh infarcts. He was then referred for endovascular treatment, which was performed in a novel way.