Rescue angioplasty after failed intra-arterial thrombolysis in acute middle cerebral artery stroke: a case report

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions : Official Journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions
Pinky AgarwalSouvik Sen

Abstract

Intra-arterial thrombolysis is increasingly being used in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke with a failure rate of recanalization as high as 66%. We describe a case of acute ischemic stroke secondary to occlusion of the middle cerebral artery that failed intra-arterial thrombolytic therapy but responded to rescue balloon angioplasty.

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