External carotid artery embolus with internal carotid artery occlusion with acute ischemic stroke: predictor of cardioembolic etiology. (23rd June 2011)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tomsick, Thomas; Thangasamy, Senthur; Stamatis, Thomas; Khatri, Pooja; Broderick, Joseph
• Is Part Of: Journal of neurointerventional surgery. Volume 4:Number 2(2012)
• Page Start: 101
• Page End: 104
• Publication Date: 2011-06-23
• Subjects: Nervous system -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Cerebrovascular disease -- Surgery -- Periodicals; 617.48
• DOI: 10.1136/jnis.2011.004846
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1759-8478

Abstract

Abstract : Arteriograms performed in the Interventional Management of Stroke studies were analyzed for external carotid artery embolus. Two cases were identified and diagnosed as thromboembolic due to a cardiac origin. This is an uncommon but useful finding on angiography which is helpful for further management. It is hypothesized that finding embolus within the external carotid artery on angiography in stroke patients with internal carotid artery occlusion allows confident ascription to a proximal, usually cardiac, source.