Introduction
: Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis (CVST) is a rare stroke with a wide range of symptomatology at presentation ranging from headache, focal weakness, and coma. Anticoagulation remains the mainstay of treatment. However, in a subset of patients endovascular treatment can be potentially beneficial. Here we describe the first clinical experience using the INARI FlowTriever system to treat a patient presented with focal weakness and found to have diffuse cerebral venous sinus thrombosis.
Methods
: Case report of CSVT treated with INARI FlowTriever system.
Results
: A 78‐year‐old female with past medical history of Autoimmune hepatitis and hypothyroidism, was brought to the hospital with left arm weakness. CT head revealed left temporoparietal intraparenchymal hemorrhage and right frontal subarachnoid hemorrhage. CTA of the head and neck revealed extensive CVST involving superior sagittal sinus, bilateral transverse and sigmoid sinuses. She was started on heparin drip. Patient was taken for venous thrombectomy due to persistent left‐sided weakness and multicompartment bleeding while being on anticoagulation for 48 hours. She underwent successful endovascular venous thrombectomy using the INARI FlowTriever system with large clot burden extracted. She was switched to novel oral anticoagulation prior to discharge. During the 3 months follow‐up–MRI brain with and without contrast revealed near complete resolution of the clot burden in the superior sagittal sinus and left transverse/sigmoid complex and her modified Rankin score was at 0.
Conclusions
: Here we discussed a case of diffuse CVST who was treated initially with heparin drip then underwent endovascular venous thrombectomy using INARI FlowTriever system with large clot burden aspirated with a reasonable safety profile. The INARI medical FlowTriever system is the only mechanical thrombectomy system indicated for the treatment of pulmonary embolism. It is specifically designed for venous clots. It is composed of a trackable large bore aspiration catheter. The INARI FlowTriever Catheter; has 3 expanding nitinol mesh disks; designed to engage and disrupt venous clots and subsequently deliver it to the large bore aspiration catheter. Its larger size makes it an attractive candidate for venous sinus clot retrieval. This study illustrates the first clinical use of INARI thrombectomy device in CVST with a reasonable safety profile. Anticoagulation is the mainstay first line treatment for CVST. However, a small subset of patients would potentially benefit from endovascular treatment but it still uncertain how to select these patients and what is the best timeline to offer early endovascular treatment. Various neuro endovascular techniques has been attempted to treat cerebral venous sinus thrombosis. However; it is unclear which approach and device provides the optimal restoration of venous blood flow. Current neuro endovascular techniques and devices are not particularly designed for CVST pathology treatment and there is need for further innovation and new devices.
PS168. Postoperative Morbidity and Mortality of Venous Thrombectomy: A Review of the NSQIP Database
