Endovascular treatment of acute internal carotid artery dissections: technical considerations, clinical and angiographic outcome.

Introduction: In acute internal carotid artery dissection (a-ICAD) with concomitant intracranial large vessel occlusion or haemodynamic impairment, the effectiveness of medical treatment is limited and endovascular therapy (EVT) can be considered. Feasibility, safety and outcome of EVT in a-ICAD are not well described yet.

Methods: From an institutional database, we retrospectively selected consecutive patients treated for a-ICAD between January 2007 and July 2015.