Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Kara B

Publications

• Case Report
  Cushing Reflex and Importance during Treatment of Cerebrovascular Diseases via Endovascular Route
  Author(s): Yektas A, Balkan B, Gezmiş A, Tolga AE, Kara B and Selçuk HHYektas A, Balkan B, Gezmiş A, Tolga AE, Kara B and Selçuk HH
  
  Aim: Assessment of the Cushing reflex developing during mechanical thrombectomy in a case presenting with acute ischemic stroke. Case: A 59-year-old male patient had CT angio tests due to speaking disorder and right lateral weakness developing 5 hours earlier. Acute infarctus was observed in the left MCA irrigation area with M1 segment occlusion observed in the left MCA. The decision was made to treat the patient with mechanical thrombectomy and he was transferred to the interventional neuroradiology unit. Under general anesthesia during navigation of the thromboaspiration catheter to the clot localization as the procedure was technically advancing routinely, with sudden development of bradycardia and hypertension the neuroradiology team was warned, and 1 mg IV atropine was administered for bradycardia. Simultaneously contrast material i.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7920.10001104

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