Zero anticoagulation, zero thrombolysis: successful management of massive pulmonary embolism following hemorrhagic transformation of acute ischemic stroke: a case report [PDF]
Frontiers in Cardiovascular MedicineBackgroundThe treatment of patients with severe pulmonary embolism complicated by intracerebral hemorrhage is challenging: anticoagulation or thrombolysis, essential for treating pulmonary embolism, can substantially worsen intracranial hemorrhage and ...
Zengkai Xu +5 more
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Systemic arterial air embolism following computed tomography (CT)-guided percutaneous lung biopsy: Case series and review of underlying risk factors, treatment and preventive strategies [PDF]
Clinical MedicineBackground: Systemic arterial air embolism is an uncommon but potentially fatal complication of CT-guided transthoracic lung biopsy. Although rare, it carries significant morbidity due to cerebral and coronary ischaemia.
Maimuna Adamu +4 more
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Therapeutic Challenge in a Case of Extensive Pulmonary Embolism with Concomitant Intracranial Haemorrhage: When Less is Really More [PDF]
International Medical Case Reports JournalThai Lun Tan, Aaron Yi Zhe Yeoh, Renugarani A/P Munusamy Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, Klang, Selangor, MalaysiaCorrespondence: Thai Lun Tan, Email tanthailun@gmail.comAbstract: Pulmonary embolism is a conundrum that ...
Tan TL, Yeoh AYZ, Munusamy RA
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A novel etiological classification in patients with intracranial large vessel occlusion and endovascular treatment: discordance with the classic and SSS TOAST systems: A retrospective cohort study [PDF]
Precision and Future Medicine, 2023 Purpose Among patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS), those with intracranial large vessel occlusion (LVO) should undertake endovascular treatment (EVT) based on mechanical thrombectomy. Although the Trial of Org 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment (TOAST)
Min Kim +4 more
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Frontiers in Neurology, 2021 Objective: There are limited data regarding the characteristics of intracranial plaques according to stroke mechanism in the posterior circulation. This study aims to compare whether the plaque characteristics and baseline features are different in ...
Zhikai Hou +19 more
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Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology, 2023 Introduction Intracranial embolism to the middle cerebral artery usually occurs because of embolization from the heart, carotid artery or the aorta. Here we describe a case of a subclavian thrombus, embolizing to the middle cerebral artery.
Karan Philip +3 more
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Two Cases of Cerebral Air Embolism That Occurred during Esophageal Ballooning and Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography [PDF]
Clinical Endoscopy, 2016 Cerebral air embolism is an extremely rare complication of endoscopic procedure and often life threatening. We present two cases of cerebral infarction due to air embolization caused by an endoscopic intervention.
Suyeon Park +6 more
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Association Between Occlusion Type and Etiology of Acute Intracranial Large Artery Occlusion
Frontiers in Neurology, 2020 Objective: To investigate the diagnostic efficiency of truncal-type occlusion and branching-site occlusion in determining the etiology of intracranial large artery occlusion related acute ischemic stroke (AIS).Methods: Patients with intracranial large ...
Huang Chuming +9 more
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BMJ Open, 2020 Objectives To evaluate the short-term (12 weeks) safety and utilisation of rivaroxaban prescribed to new-user adult patients for the treatment of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism and for the prevention of recurrent deep vein thrombosis and ...
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Pull-Through Buddy Wire Technique for Endovascular Thrombectomy in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke: Technical Note [PDF]
Neurointervention, 2021 Excessive tortuosity is a notable cause of failed endovascular thrombectomy for acute large-vessel occlusion stroke. Transcervical access (TCA) is a commonly proposed solution for overcoming this difficulty.
Pin-Yi Chiang +3 more
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