"Calcific emboli are less likely to respond to thrombolysis and are more dangerous to retrieve. Depending on the demographics of the patient and clinical presentation (e.g. NIHSS) this may change treatment strategies."
Expected headings
"Key findings"
"Order"
"First pass review"
"Next actions"
"Calcified thromboembolism"
"Length of thromboembolism"
"Collateral circulation"
"Vascular access"
"Second pass review"
"other incidental pathology (e.g. aneurysms, tumours, trauma)"
"obvious non-thromboembolic pathology (e.g. haemorrhage, tumour etc…)"
"obvious thromboembolic stroke who are unlikely to benefit from clot retrieval or thrombolysis (e.g. established infarct with large infarct core and little if any penumbra)"
"obvious thromboembolic stroke who are likely candidates for emergency therapy (e.g. large territory occlusive thromboembolism with small infarct core and large penumbra, basilar tip thromboembolism)"