Agarwal Pinky, Borden Neil, Tan Walter A, Sen Souvik
NJ Neuroscience Institute, Edison, New Jersey, USA.
Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2004 Jul;62(3):396-400. doi: 10.1002/ccd.20092.
Intra-arterial thrombolysis is increasingly being used in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke with a failure rate of recanalization as high as 66%. We describe a case of acute ischemic stroke secondary to occlusion of the middle cerebral artery that failed intra-arterial thrombolytic therapy but responded to rescue balloon angioplasty.