Key result
Mechanical thrombectomy achieves complete recanalization in basilar artery occlusion from left ventricular myxoma.
Why the study?
There is uncertainty about detecting cardiac myxoma as the embolic source in acute basilar artery occlusion and the importance of follow-up cardiac imaging for recurrence prevention.
Case Report (n=1)
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Pathological analysis of retrieved emboli during mechanical thrombectomy can identify cardiac myxomas, highlighting the need for close echocardiographic follow-up even if initial cardiac imaging is negative.
Serial echocardiography may detect occult cardiac myxoma after embolic pathology; this case leaves open standardized surveillance protocols.
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Kawamoto et al. (2020) conducted a case report in Acute basilar artery occlusion due to left ventricular myxoma (n=1). Mechanical thrombectomy was evaluated on Recanalization. Mechanical thrombectomy successfully achieved complete recanalization (TICI 3) of an acute basilar artery occlusion caused by a left ventricular myxoma in an 89-year-old woman.
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