Acute Intraprocedural Thrombus Formation During Wingspan Intracranial Stent Placement for Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease

Abstract

We recommend serial angiography every 10 minutes for at least 30 minutes after placement of Wingspan stents. Once detected, acute thrombosis can be successfully treated with intravenous abciximab with or without intra-arterial tissue plasminogen activator and/or balloon angioplasty.