Successful mechanical thrombectomy in a 2-year-old male through a 4-French guide catheter.
Publication/Presentation Date
9-1-2014
Abstract
A 2-year-old boy with hypoplastic left heart syndrome that required multiple cardiovascular surgeries and a heterozygous prothrombin G20210A mutation with resulting thrombophilia maintained on warfarin presented with acute right middle cerebral artery (MCA) infarction manifesting as a left hemiplegia. An MRI revealed a complete occlusion of the right M1 segment with an area of restricted diffusion in the right basal ganglia representing only a small area of acute infarction. Patchy areas of subacute infarction were also present in the right MCA territory. He underwent endovascular mechanical thrombectomy with a stent retriever. This is an account of a successful mechanical thrombectomy performed in the youngest patient reported in the English literature to date.
Volume
9
Issue
2
First Page
94
Last Page
100
ISSN
2093-9043
Published In/Presented At
Stidd, D. A., & Lopes, D. K. (2014). Successful mechanical thrombectomy in a 2-year-old male through a 4-French guide catheter. Neurointervention, 9(2), 94–100. https://doi.org/10.5469/neuroint.2014.9.2.94
Disciplines
Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Health and Medical Administration | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
PubMedID
25426305
Department(s)
Administration and Leadership
Document Type
Article