Early carotid endarterectomy following thrombolysis in the hyperacute treatment of stroke

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 235-238

  Crozier, J E M ^a   Reid, J ^a   Welch, G H ^a   Muir, K W ^b   Stuart, W P ^a  

^a SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 78650593323     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.7306     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Adams H, Adams R, Del Zoppo G, Goldstein LB,; Stroke Council of the American Heart Association; American Stroke Association. Guidelines for the early management of patients with ischemic stroke: 2005 guidelines update a scientific statement from the Stroke Council of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. Stroke 2005; 36: 916-923.
2. Wardlaw JM, Murray V, Berge E, Del Zoppo GJ,. Thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2009; (4)CD000213. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000213.pub2.
3. Khanna HL, Garg AG,. 774 carotid endarterectomies for strokes and transient ischaemic attacks: comparison of results of early vs. late surgery. Acta Neurochir Suppl (Wien) 1998; 42: 103-106.
4. Gasecki AP, Eliasziw M,. Timing of carotid endarterectomy after stroke. Stroke 1998; 29: 2667-2668.
5. McPherson CM, Woo D, Cohen PL, Pancioli AM, Kissela BM, Carrozzella JA, et al., Early carotid endarterectomy for critical carotid artery stenosis after thrombolysis therapy in acute ischemic stroke in the middle cerebral artery. Stroke 2001; 32: 2075-2080.
6. Bartoli MA, Squarcioni C, Nicoli F, Magnan PE, Malikov S, Berger L, et al., Early carotid endarterectomy after intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2009; 37: 512-518.
7. Trouillas P, Derex L, Philippeau F, Nighoghossian N, Honnorat J, Hanss M, et al., Early fibrinogen degradation coagulopathy is predictive of parenchymal hematomas in cerebral rt-PA thrombolysis: a study of 157 cases. Stroke 2004; 35: 1323-1328.
8. Wang YF, Tsirka SE, Strickland S, Stieg PE, Soriano SG, Lipton SA,. Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) increases neuronal damage after focal cerebral ischemia in wild-type and tPA-deficient mice. Nat Med 1998; 4: 228-231.
9. Tsirka SE, Rogove AD, Strickland S,. Neuronal cell death and tPA. Nature 1996; 384: 123-124.
10. Rothwell PM, Slattery J, Warlow CP,. A systematic comparison of the risks of stroke and death due to carotid endarterectomy for symptomatic and asymptomatic stenosis. Stroke 1996; 27: 266-269.
11. European Carotid Surgery Trialists' Collaborative Group. Randomised trial of endarterectomy for recently symptomatic carotid stenosis: final results of the MRC European Carotid Surgery Trial (ECST). Lancet 1998; 351: 1379-1387.
12. North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial Collaborators. Beneficial effect of carotid endarterectomy in symptomatic patients with high-grade carotid stenosis. N Engl J Med 1991; 325: 445-453.
13. Albers GW, Amarenco P, Easton JD, Sacco RL, Teal P,; American College of Chest Physicians. Antithrombotic and thrombolytic therapy for ischemic stroke: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines (8th edition). Chest 2008; 133: 630S-669S.
14. Crisby M,. Editorial comment - risk stratification by clinical symptoms and timing of carotid endarterectomy: how could it optimize our decision making and benefit patients with carotid stenosis? Stroke 2003; 34: 2302-2303.
15. Gorlitzer M, Froeschl A, Puschnig D, Locker E, Skyllouriotis P, Meinhart J, et al., Is the urgent carotid endarterectomy in patients with acute neurological symptoms a safe procedure? Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2009; 8: 534-537.
16. McPherson CM, Woo D, Cohen PL, Pancioli AM, Kissela BM, Carrozzella JA, et al., Early carotid endarterectomy for critical carotid artery stenosis after thrombolysis therapy in acute ischemic stroke in the middle cerebral artery. Stroke 2001; 32: 2075-2080.