Lower Body Positive Pressure Application with an Antigravity Suit in Acute Carotid Occlusion

The challenge in acute stroke is still to reperfuse as early as possible the ischemic territory. Since fibrinolytic therapies have a limited window with potential risk of bleeding, having a nonpharmacologic mean to recruit vessels in area surrounding necrosis might be useful. We propose here to use...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Berthet, Karine, Lukaszewicz, Anne Claire, Bousser, Marie-Germaine, Payen, Didier
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research 2010
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2925369/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20798842
http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2010/950524
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Sumario:The challenge in acute stroke is still to reperfuse as early as possible the ischemic territory. Since fibrinolytic therapies have a limited window with potential risk of bleeding, having a nonpharmacologic mean to recruit vessels in area surrounding necrosis might be useful. We propose here to use antigravity suit inflated at “venous” pressure levels to shift blood towards thoracic and brain territories. We report two cases of spectacular clinical recovery after acute carotid occlusion.

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