Fig. 1. Adjuvant tirofiban injection through a deployed solitaire stent in a patient with acute MCA occlusion. A. Cerebral angiography showed complete occlusion of the left MCA (white arrow). Two attempts with mechanical thrombectomy using Solitaire stent (black arrow) failed. B. Third mechanical thrombectomy using Solitaire stent was attempted. C. After injection of 0.5 mg of tirofiban for 5 minutes through a deployed Solitaire stent, angiogram shows increased blood flow through the occluded segment. Then, the Solitaire stent was retrieved. D. Final angiogram shows successful recanalization of the occluded left MCA.
