Our specialists carefully consider surgery, medications, hospital care and rehabilitation options for each patient. Individual treatment plans may include the following approaches:
- Cerebral angioplasty: This technique uses balloons, stents and coils to open blockages in your brain's blood vessels.
- Endarterectomy: When the carotid artery in your neck is partially blocked by a fatty buildup, this surgery can clear the artery.
- Thrombectomy: A non-invasive procedure designed to restore blood flow in large vessel ischemic strokes. A thrombectomy device is inserted in an artery in the leg and maneuvered up to the carotid artery to access the blood clot in the brain and remove the clot.
- Thrombolytic Agent: A medication that dissolves blood clots and used to treat ischemic strokes. It is more commonly referred to as the "clot buster." The sooner the medicine is given, the more likely it is to help. Medication can be given within the first 4.5 hours of symptom(s) onset. This type of treatment on ischemic attacks can result in minimizing neurological damage and mortality risks, in effect preserving proper nervous system functions.
- Medication: Aspirin and other antiplatelet medications may reduce your risk of future strokes.