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What factors predispose patients who undergo thrombectomy to repeatedly embolize to the same artery despite successful recanalization, other than ICAD?

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Neurology · University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson
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Intracranial atherosclerotic disease is a well-recognized cause of recurrent ischemic stroke through repeated in situ thrombosis and distal artery-to-artery embolization, predisposing patients to recurrent infarction within the same vascular territory. Likewise, high-risk extracranial atheroscleroti...

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