Multimodal Therapy for the Treatment of Severe Ischemic Stroke Combining Endovascular Embolectomy and Stenting of Long Intracranial Artery Occlusion
Figure 2
(a) Diagnostic angiogram (left internal carotid artery injection, anteroposterior projection) shows (arrow) the occlusion of the horizontal segment of the left middle cerebral artery (MCA). (b) Coaxial catheterization with a microcatheter and stirable microguidewire entering the occluded vessel, traversed the occluded segment of the left MCA. With the contrast, the peripheral MCA is visualized.