Arterial changes after thrombolysis and percutaneous transluminal angioplasty in vertebrobasilar thrombosis.

Abstract

We present clinicopathologic findings in a patient treated with intraarterial thrombolysis and angioplasty for vertebrobasilar thrombosis. Autopsy revealed a marked inflammatory infiltrate within the vertebral artery at the site of catheter manipulation. This finding may have important implications for the use of interventional angiography in cerebrovascular disease.

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