Publications by authors named "Toru Nakagami"
Background: The differences in the characteristics of ischemic stroke associated with a mobile versus nonmobile residual left atrial thrombus (LAT) are unclear. We investigated whether the mobility of an LAT detected by transthoracic echocardiography is associated with the clinical features of stroke.
Methods: This study included 20 consecutive patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation who were admitted to our hospital for treatment of acute ischemic stroke and then found to have an LAT on transthoracic echocardiography.
Essential thrombocythemia (ET) is a myeloproliferative neoplasm that is a rare cause of ischemic stroke. We herein report a 70-year-old man with JAK2 V617F mutation-positive ET who experienced ischemic stroke twice in 1 month due to transient stenosis. In both events, transient stenosis formed at the same curvature of the right middle cerebral artery, and the thrombus disappeared with the initiation of antiplatelet agents.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Purpose: Reperfusion therapy is typically performed in cases with acute cerebral infarction. Mechanical thrombectomy (MT) achieves superior recanalization and favorable outcomes. However, some patients have poor functional prognosis despite successful recanalization.
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- * Data was collected from 20 patients treated between April 2022 and April 2023, with 11 patients using the new catheter system and a success rate of 90.9%, showing no complications like radial artery occlusion.
- * Key anatomical factors such as the entry angle of the target vessel and the diameter of the proximal parent artery were found to be crucial for selecting suitable patients, enhancing the effectiveness of the aneurysm treatment.
Background And Purpose: We investigated whether the signal change on fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) can serve as a tissue clock that predicts the clinical outcome after endovascular thrombectomy (EVT), independently of the onset-to-admission time.
Methods: Consecutive patients with acute stroke treated with EVT between September 2014 and December 2018 were enrolled. Based on the parenchymal signal change on FLAIR, patients were classified into FLAIR-negative and FLAIR-positive groups.
Objective: We report two cases of thrombectomy for upper extremity artery occlusion with major cerebral artery occlusion using mechanical thrombectomy devices for acute ischemic stroke.
Case Presentations: Case 1 was a 79-year-old woman admitted for left internal carotid artery occlusion and left upper extremity artery occlusion. Case 2 was an 87-year-old woman admitted for left middle cerebral artery occlusion and bilateral upper extremity artery occlusion.
Background: National institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score and the presence of successful recanalization are crucial determinants of clinical outcome in patients with major artery occlusion. However, it is unknown whether successful recanalization rate after endovascular therapy (EVT) depends on NIHSS score.
Methods: From our prospective EVT registry, data on patients with an occlusion at the internal carotid artery or middle cerebral artery were analyzed.