Comparison of the Incidence of Parenchymal Hematoma and Poor Outcome in Patients with Carotid Terminus Occlusion Treated with Intra-Arterial Urokinase Alone or with Combined IV rtPA and Intra-Arterial Urokinase

摘要

Patients with acute CTO generally have a poor prognosis, despite IV or IA thrombolytic treatment. The goal of this study was to analyze the results of patients with CTO who had IA urokinase treatment with or without initial IV rtPA based on a bridging protocol.