Ultrasound identification and lysis of clots

Stroke; a Journal of Cerebral Circulation
A V Alexandrov

Abstract

Poor recovery after systemic tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) therapy could result from the initial severity of ischemic insult and slow and incomplete thrombolysis. Persisting arterial occlusions can be identified at bedside using portable diagnostic ultrasound by detecting residual flow signals around the thrombus (thrombolysis in brain ischemia [TIBI] flow grades). A narrow pulsed ultrasound beam can be steadily aimed at the thrombus/residual flow interface, exposing more thrombus surface and structures to tPA, and tPA activity can be enhanced with 2 MHz transcranial Doppler (TCD). A randomized, multicenter, clinical trial called CLOTBUST (Combined Lysis of Thrombus in Brain ischemia using transcranial Ultrasound and Systemic tPA) trial showed a 49% rate of complete recanalization or dramatic clinical recovery from stroke within 2 hours after tPA bolus when tPA infusion was continuously monitored with TCD, compared with 30% among patients who received tPA without ultrasound monitoring (P=0.03, number needed to treat, 5). Early complete recanalization was sustained at 2 hours by 38% of monitored patients compared with 12.7% controls. The CLOTBUST Trial showed a trend toward sustaining complete recovery at 3 months (41.5% ve...Continue Reading

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