Endovascular Recanalization of Acute Tandem Cervical Carotid and Intracranial Occlusions: Efficacy of Cervical Balloon Angioplasty Alone Then Intracranial Target Recanalization Strategy

摘要

OBJECTIVE: Tandem cervical carotid and intracranial occlusions are a well-known cause of complicated endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) in acute ischemic stroke. We aimed to evaluate safety and efficacy of an anterograde approach, which involved carotid balloon angioplasty (BA) alone without carotid artery stenting (CAS) followed by intracranial target recanalization (TR).