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Atherosclerotic BA Occlusion: The Need to Detach the Stents

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A 67-year-old woman presented with decreased level of consciousness and left-sided weakness. NCCT Brain showed a hyperdense basilar artery and CT angiogram confirmed the presence of a proximal basilar artery occlusion. There was moderate atherosclerotic narrowing at the origin of both vertebral arteries. She was started on IV tPA and then transferred for endovascular therapy.

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  1. Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

    Mohammed A. Almekhlafi

  2. Department of Radiology, Seaman Family MR Research Centre, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Mayank Goyal

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  1. Neurointerventional Surgery, Stroke Unit, Artemis Agrim Institute of Neuroscience, Gurgaon, India

    Vipul Gupta

  2. Division of Neurointerventional Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA, USA

    Ajit S. Puri

  3. Department of Vascular Neurology and Neurointerventional Surgery, Artemis Agrim Institute of Neuroscience, Gurgaon, India

    Rajsrinivas Parthasarathy

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Almekhlafi, M.A., Goyal, M. (2019). Atherosclerotic BA Occlusion: The Need to Detach the Stents. In: Gupta, V., Puri, A., Parthasarathy, R. (eds) 100 Interesting Case Studies in Neurointervention: Tips and Tricks. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1346-2_86

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