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  • Neurology
  • Vascular Surgery
  • Interventional Cardiology

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  • Internal carotid artery occlusion (ICAO) presents acutely with high morbidity/mortality or chronically with recurrent strokes.
  • Understanding management strategies for acute, subacute, and chronic ICAO is crucial for patient outcomes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review current medical and surgical management approaches for acute, subacute, and chronic internal carotid artery occlusion (ICAO).
  • To discuss recent literature on clinical presentations, current data, guidelines, and future prospects for ICAO management.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of recent studies on internal carotid artery occlusion (ICAO).
  • Analysis of clinical presentations, treatment outcomes, and existing guidelines for ICAO.

Main Results:

  • Revascularization (surgical, endovascular, or hybrid) demonstrates efficacy in recanalization and functional outcomes for ICAO patients.
  • Comparison indicates superior outcomes for revascularization versus systemic thrombolysis or medical therapy alone in ICAO.

Conclusions:

  • Revascularization is a key strategy for managing internal carotid artery occlusion (ICAO).
  • Further prospective and randomized trials are needed to confirm the superiority of specific revascularization techniques for ICAO.