Endovascular therapy of acute vertebrobasilar occlusion: early treatment onset as the most important factor.
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Endovascular therapy of acute vertebrobasilar occlusion: early treatment onset as the most important factor. / Eckert, Bernd; Kucinski, Thomas; Pfeiffer, Gustav; Groden, Christoph; Zeumer, Hermann.
in: CEREBROVASC DIS, Jahrgang 14, Nr. 1, 1, 2002, S. 42-50.Publikationen: SCORING: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift/Zeitung › SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz › Forschung › Begutachtung
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T1 - Endovascular therapy of acute vertebrobasilar occlusion: early treatment onset as the most important factor.
AU - Eckert, Bernd
AU - Kucinski, Thomas
AU - Pfeiffer, Gustav
AU - Groden, Christoph
AU - Zeumer, Hermann
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - In view of the poor prognosis for patients with acute intracranial vertebrobasilar occlusion (VBO), factors were sought that predict survival and good neurologic outcome after acute endovascular treatment by means of local intra-arterial fibrinolysis (LIF) and percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA). LIF was performed in 83 patients with angiographically established acute VBO. A significant residual stenosis after LIF was treated by additional PTA in 8 patients. The types of occlusion were classified as either embolic occlusion (EO) or atherothrombotic occlusion (AO). Outcome was evaluated after 3 months by the Barthel Index (BI) as favorable (BI >90), unfavorable (BI 6 h; favorable outcome: 36 vs. 7%, mortality: 52 vs. 70%, p = 0.005). Although no statistically significant differences were found between the types of fibrinolytic agents, treatment with rt-PA and Lys-plasminogen tended toward better results. Early treatment onset proved to be the most important factor for successful endovascular therapy in acute VBO, whereas recanalization and presence of an embolic occlusion also tended toward better results. Additional PTA may be a promising therapy in cases of significant residual stenosis after LIF.
AB - In view of the poor prognosis for patients with acute intracranial vertebrobasilar occlusion (VBO), factors were sought that predict survival and good neurologic outcome after acute endovascular treatment by means of local intra-arterial fibrinolysis (LIF) and percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA). LIF was performed in 83 patients with angiographically established acute VBO. A significant residual stenosis after LIF was treated by additional PTA in 8 patients. The types of occlusion were classified as either embolic occlusion (EO) or atherothrombotic occlusion (AO). Outcome was evaluated after 3 months by the Barthel Index (BI) as favorable (BI >90), unfavorable (BI 6 h; favorable outcome: 36 vs. 7%, mortality: 52 vs. 70%, p = 0.005). Although no statistically significant differences were found between the types of fibrinolytic agents, treatment with rt-PA and Lys-plasminogen tended toward better results. Early treatment onset proved to be the most important factor for successful endovascular therapy in acute VBO, whereas recanalization and presence of an embolic occlusion also tended toward better results. Additional PTA may be a promising therapy in cases of significant residual stenosis after LIF.
M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
VL - 14
SP - 42
EP - 50
JO - CEREBROVASC DIS
JF - CEREBROVASC DIS
SN - 1015-9770
IS - 1
M1 - 1
ER -
