Ann Clin Immunol MicroBiol | Volume 1, Issue 3 | Case Report | Open Access

Emergency Vertebro-Basilar Stenting in Recurrent Medial Medullary Ischemic Stroke

Rahul Pathak^1*, Imran Gafoor², Vishal Kumar² and Saket Jethani²

¹Department of Interventional Neurology, Ramkrishna Care Hospital, India
²Department of Critical Care Medicine, Ramkrishna Care Hospital, India

^*Correspondance to: Rahul Pathak 

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Abstract

Intracranial stenting and angioplasty has been used widely to treat atherosclerotic symptomatic vascular stenosis when conventional medical therapy fails to eliminate ischemic symptoms. We describe a case report of middle age diabetic male with endovascular stent deployment for the treatment of atherosclerotic vertebro-basilar artery stenosis with acute recurrent medullary ischemic stroke. Application of a Drug Eluting (DES) coronary stent without previous balloon dilatation resulted in vessel reopening and good clinical improvement. Emergency primary intracranial stent deployment can be technically feasible and improve the outcome in acute vertebro-basilar artery occlusion whenever indicated.

Keywords:

Intracranial stents; Basilar artery; Drug eluting stent (DES); Deep venous thrombosis (DVT); Dual antiplatelates (DAPT)

Citation:

Pathak R, Gafoor I, Kumar V, Jethani S. Emergency Vertebro-Basilar Stenting in Recurrent Medial Medullary Ischemic Stroke. Ann Clin Immunol Microbiol. 2019;1(3):1012..