Endovascular Management of Free Floating Common Carotid Thrombi

Authors

Kevin Carr MD, HCA HealthcareFollow
Zachary Thwing MD, HCA Healthcare
Ravishankar Shivashankar MD, HCA Healthcare
Yafell Serulle MD, HCA HealthcareFollow

Division

East Florida

Hospital

Aventura Hospital and Medical Center

Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

7-22-2019

Keywords

thrombosis, carotid artery thrombosis, carotid artery - common, infarction, angiography

Disciplines

Cardiovascular Diseases | Diagnosis | Medicine and Health Sciences | Nervous System Diseases | Radiology

Abstract

• The incidence of symptomatic free-floating thrombi of the common carotid artery (CCA) is as low as 0.24-5% incidence in stroke victims. Patients are predisposed to a prothrombotic state
• Historical management options were limited to surgical and medical options both with individual attendant risk profiles
• Large thrombi can present with various degrees of clinical severity
• The endovascular approach is a viable tool to manage these patients

Comments

Presented at the 16th Annual Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS) meeting in July 2019 in Miami Beach, Florida.

Recommended Citation

Carr K, Thwing Z, Shivashankar R, et al. Endovascular management of free floating common carotid thrombi. Poster presented at: SNIS 2019; July 22-25, 2019; Miami, FL.