Endovascular reperfusion therapy can be an effective treatment for acute cerebral embolism caused by thrombus formation in the pulmonary vein stump after pulmonary lobectomy, especially when intravenous tPA is contraindicated.
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May offer reperfusion option post-lobectomy when tPA contraindicated; leaves open need for prospective validation.
Ikeda et al. (2014) studied this question.
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