[Mechanical thrombolysis of the basilar artery. Report of one case].

We report a 40 year-old male presenting in the emergency room with headache, vertigo and left hemiparesis. A magnetic resonante imaging reported a left cerebellar infarction with occlusion of the basilar artery and a dissection of the right vertebral artery. The patient experienced a clinical deterioration with the appearance of a right hemiparesis.

Endovascular treatment of complex cerebral aneurysms with onyx hd-500® in 38 patients.

Objective: To report our experience with Onyx HD-500(®) (Micro Therapeutics, Inc., Irvine, CA, USA) in the endovascular treatment of complex intracranial aneurysms as an alternative to treatment with platinum coils.

Patients And Methods: Between October 2003 and December 2007, 38 patients (20 female and 18 male) were selected for inclusion in the study based on aneurysm size and dome-to-neck ratio.

Carotid artery dissection: endovascular treatment. Report of 12 patients.

Objective: The purpose of this article is to report our experience with endovascular treatment of internal carotid artery (ICA) dissection with the use of stents.

Background: Carotid dissection is an important cause of ischemic stroke in young and middle-aged patients. There are some patients in whom invasive management is recommended.

[Intra-arterial thrombolysis in basilar artery thrombosis. Recovery of two patients with locked-in syndrome].

Locked-in syndrome is a dramatic clinical condition, the patient is awake, can listen and breath, but is unable to move any muscle, conserving only the vertical eye movements. The most common cause of locked-in syndrome is the thrombosis of the basilar artery and commonly leads to death, frequently due to pneumonia. Intravenous and intra arterial thrombolysis have been used successfully in a selective group of patients with ischemic stroke.