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Acute Stroke Thrombectomy and Emergent Management of Tandem Cervical Dissections

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Dissections are an uncommon but important cause of acute ischemic stroke, often resulting in both a proximal flow-limiting lesion as well as an intracranial embolic occlusion. Strategies for treatment and management are described.

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  1. Departments of Radiology and Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA

    Madhav Sukumaran, Ramez N. Abdalla, Donald R. Cantrell & Matthew B. Potts

  2. Department of Radiology, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

    Ramez N. Abdalla

  3. Departments of Radiology, Neurology, and Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA

    Sameer A. Ansari

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Correspondence to Sameer A. Ansari .

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  1. Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Ferdinand K. Hui

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA

    Alejandro M. Spiotta

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Michael J. Alexander

  4. Baptist Neurological Institute, Jacksonville, FL, USA

    Ricardo A. Hanel

  5. Department of Radiology, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA, USA

    Blaise William Baxter

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Sukumaran, M., Abdalla, R.N., Cantrell, D.R., Potts, M.B., Ansari, S.A. (2021). Acute Stroke Thrombectomy and Emergent Management of Tandem Cervical Dissections. In: Hui, F.K., Spiotta, A.M., Alexander, M.J., Hanel, R.A., Baxter, B.W. (eds) 12 Strokes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56857-3_17

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