Abstract
Introduction: Acute bilateral acute carotid arteries occlusion is a very rare condition. Summary: We describe a patient with initial right middle cerebral artery syndrome who developed coma and quadriplegia 1 h after thrombolysis with intravenous tPA and was found to have bilateral cervical internal carotid artery occlusion.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 247-249 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Neurocritical care |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 1 2007 |
Keywords
- Bilateral carotid occlusion
- Stroke
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Neurology
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine