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Published on: October 20, 2017
Endovascular management of cerebral venous thrombosis: a tertiary-centre experience
Prabakaran Palanisamy1, Harshith Kramadhari2, Sagar Badachi3
1Department of Interventional Radiology, St. Johns Medical College and Hospital, Bengaluru - 560029, Karnataka, India.
Background:
Stroke related to cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is uncommon, with untoward lethal outcomes. Systemic anticoagulation is the treatment of choice. However, some patients can be resistant to this treatment. Endovascular management with thrombolysis and mechanical thrombectomy can be a viable option in such cases.
Material And Methods:
We retrospectively reviewed the endovascular management used for CVT in 8 patients who failed to respond to standard anticoagulation therapy between December 2017 and December 2022 in our institute. Clinical profile, imaging parameters, endovascular procedure details, and outcomes in terms of angiographic findings and clinical follow-up were analysed.
Results:
In this period, a total of 8 patients underwent mechanical thrombectomy. The procedure was successful in all cases (8/8 = 100%), and 50% of them showed near total/complete recanalization; Perforation of the cortical veins was noted in 2 cases (~25%). Among the 8 patients, one died (1/8 = 12.5%) due to cardiac aetiology; the remaining 7 patients (87.5%) showed good clinical outcome with a modified Rankin Scale score 0 to 2.
Conclusion:
Catheter-directed thrombolysis with mechanical thromboaspiration is a safe and effective treatment for cerebral venous sinus thrombosis not responding to anticoagulation.
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