Successful carotid artery stenting in patients with aortic dissection

2020 ◽  

Background: There are no guidelines for the optimal timing of surgery (emergency vs. delayed) for ascending aortic dissection with acute ischemic stroke. We retrospectively compared the prognoses and radiological and clinical findings for concomitant aortic dissection and ischemic stroke in a series of case reports. Case presentation: Three patients presented with left hemiparesis. Patient 1 underwent surgery for acute aortic dissection without treatment for acute ischemic stroke. In Patient 2, emergency stenting could not be performed due to cardiac tamponade and hypotension. Therefore, emergency acute aortic dissection surgery was performed. Patient 3 underwent emergency right common carotid artery stenting followed by surgery for acute aortic dissection. Brain perfusion computed tomography angiography (CTA) was performed to diagnose severe stenosis of the right common carotid artery or occlusion concomitant with acute aortic dissection involving the aortic arch with a cerebral perfusion mismatch in all the patients. Patient 3 had postoperative local cerebral infarction, whereas patients 1 and 2 (without stent insertion) had extensive postoperative cerebral infarction. Conclusion: Patient 3 showed a better prognosis than patients without stent treatment. We suggest that perfusion CTA of the aortic arch in suspected acute ischemic stroke can facilitate early diagnosis and prompt treatment in similar patients.

Stroke ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashutosh P. Jadhav ◽  
Shashvat M. Desai ◽  
Osama O. Zaidat ◽  
Raul G. Nogueira ◽  
Tudor G. Jovin ◽  
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Background and Purpose: Achieving complete revascularization after a single pass of a mechanical thrombectomy device (first pass effect [FPE]) is associated with good clinical outcomes in patients with acute ischemic stroke due to large vessel occlusion. We assessed patient characteristics, outcomes, and predictors of FPE among a large real-world cohort of patients (Systematic Evaluation of Patients Treated with Stroke Devices for Acute Ischemic Stroke registry). Methods: Demographics, clinical outcomes, and procedural characteristics were analyzed among patients in whom FPE (modified Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction 2c/3 after first pass) was achieved versus those requiring multiple passes (MP). Modified FPE and modified MP included patients achieving modified Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction 2B-3. Primary outcomes included 90-day modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score and mortality. Results: Among 984 Systematic Evaluation of Patients Treated with Stroke Devices for Acute Ischemic Stroke patients, 930 had complete 90-day follow-up. FPE was achieved in 40.5% (377/930) of patients and MP in 20.0% (186/930). Baseline characteristics were similar across all groups. The FPE group had fewer internal carotid artery occlusions compared with MP ( P =0.029). The FPE group had faster puncture to recanalization time ( P ≤0.001), higher rates of 90-day mRS score of 0 to 1 (52.6% versus 38.6%, P =0.003), mRS score of 0 to 2 (65.4% versus 52.0%, P =0.003), and lower 90-day mortality compared with the MP group (12.0% versus 18.7%, P =0.038). Similarly, compared with modified MP patients, the modified FPE group had fewer internal carotid artery occlusions ( P =0.004), faster puncture to recanalization time ( P ≤0.001), and higher rates of 90-day mRS score of 0 to 1 ( P =0.002) and mRS score of 0 to 2 ( P =0.003). Conclusions: Our findings demonstrate that FPE and modified FPE are associated with superior clinical outcomes.


2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (s1) ◽  
pp. 146-147
Author(s):  
Joseph A Knox ◽  
Judy Ch’ang ◽  
Daniel Murph ◽  
David Mccoy ◽  
Daniel Cooke

OBJECTIVES/SPECIFIC AIMS: This study aims to examine the relative impact of aortic arch and carotid artery anatomy on the procedural times and clinical outcomes in patients who have suffered acute ischemic strokes (AIS). Mechanical thrombectomy remains the gold-standard of care for large vessel ischemic stroke. Given that short procedural times are necessary for good clinical outcomes, arterial access is an important technical consideration. It has been recently demonstrated that abnormal carotid artery anatomy can increase endovascular procedure times in this patient population. However, there are no studies examining the impact of aortic arch anatomy on operative times. Additionally, no studies have looked at the impact of aortic arch and carotid artery tortuosity on clinical outcomes in AIS. Thus, we sought to exam the influence of various aortic arch and carotid artery anatomic variables on interventional procedure times and clinical outcomes. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: We included 56 patients who underwent embolectomy with successful revascularization for acute ischemic stroke in the anterior circulation from a period of 01/2016-05/2018. The average age was 71 (+/− 17 years) with 39% being male. We calculated anatomic variables on the affected side from CT angiograms immediately prior to embolectomy including the medial-to-lateral span, as well as the anterior-to-posterior span, of both the aortic arch and carotid arteries. In addition, the take-off angle of the respective vessel (left common carotid or right brachiocephalic) was calculated. Charts were reviewed for procedural times and epidemiologic information (HTN, HLD, DM, CAD and Afib). Modified Rankin Scale (mRS) was calculated from PT/OT and outpatient neurology notes. Partial correlation coefficients were performed between anatomic variables, temporal variables and outcome variables after adjustment for age, gender and epidemiologic information. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: There was a significant positive correlation between procedure time (time at groin puncture to time at reperfusion) and take-off angle. There were no other significant correlations between anatomic measures and procedure time. In addition, there was as a significant positive correlation between both procedure time and time from last seen normal to reperfusion and delta mRS (the difference between pre-stroke and post-stroke mRS). DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE OF IMPACT: These results suggest that patients with larger take-off angles have an association with longer procedural times and worse outcomes. If these patients can be effectively identified prior to the procedure, operators could feasibly use a non-femoral access method initially to reduce procedure time.


2017 ◽  
Vol 97 ◽  
pp. 360-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory M. Weiner ◽  
Rafey Feroze ◽  
David M. Panczykowski ◽  
Amin Aghaebrahim ◽  
William Ares ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 393-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alain Viguier ◽  
Louis Delamarre ◽  
Julien Duplantier ◽  
Jean-Marc Olivot ◽  
Fabrice Bonneville

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 814-820
Author(s):  
Yusuke Funakoshi ◽  
Hirotoshi Imamura ◽  
So Tokunaga ◽  
Yasutaka Murakami ◽  
Shoichi Tani ◽  
...  

Background We experienced two cases of ischemic stroke resulting from carotid artery occlusion associated with acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD), in which carotid artery stenting before the surgery for ATAAD resulted in good clinical outcomes. Case 1 description: A 63-year-old woman was hospitalized for conscious disturbance, right hemiparesis, and total aphasia. Computed tomography of the head showed no abnormal findings. Computed tomography angiography showed ATAAD and bilateral common carotid artery occlusion. Surgery was not indicated for ATAAD because of a poor prognosis of ischemic stroke. However, carotid artery stenting of the left common carotid artery occlusion was successfully performed, and her neurological findings improved. The patient underwent hemiarch replacement for ATAAD on the day after carotid artery stenting. Her final modified Rankin Scale was 1. Case 2 Description: A 57-year-old woman was hospitalized for mild left hemiparesis. Magnetic resonance imaging showed right watershed infarction and right common carotid artery occlusion. Computed tomography angiography showed ATAAD. After hospitalization, conscious disturbance appeared and left hemiparesis worsened. Ischemic stroke indicated a poor prognosis for revascularization by surgery for ATAAD. Thus, carotid artery stenting of the right common carotid artery occlusion was performed. The patient’s neurological findings improved and she underwent hemiarch replacement for ATAAD at 19 days after carotid artery stenting. Her final modified Rankin Scale was 1. Conclusions In the present cases, although ischemic stroke was serious and precluded surgical indication for ATAAD, carotid artery stenting before surgery for ATAAD resulted in good clinical outcomes. Performing carotid artery stenting before surgery for ATAAD is challenging but achievable, and is a valid treatment option depending on the individual cases.


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