Table 2.
| Patient No |
Vessel occluded | Position of microcatheter for abciximab infusion |
Time to clot lysis / clinical response |
Result | MR post complication |
Clinical Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M2 / Post MCA bifurcation branch |
M1 segment | 2 minutes | Complete angiographic |
Small infarct L/ Parietal lobe lysis |
Mild paresis of R thumb at 3 months |
| 2 | MCA Bifurcation | M1 segment | 2 minutes | Complete angiographic lysis |
- | No neurological deficits |
| 3 | M1 segment L/ MCA |
M1 segment | < 5 minutes | Complete angiographic lysis |
- | No further neurological deterioration |
| 4 | Terminal ICA | Terminal ICA | < 10 minutes | Clot fragmentation and migration into MCA and PCA |
Large infarct mid and posterior R/ cerebrum |
Hemiplegia and homonymous hemianopia |
| 5 | A1 and M1 segment |
Terminal ICA | < 5 minutes | Complete angiographic lysis |
- | No neurological deficits |