Table 4:

Ischemic complications of basilar artery stenting

Patient No.	Time of Onset Relative to Stenting	Anti-Thrombotic Medications at Time of Ictus	Clinical Presentation	Acute Infarcts (Imaging Modality)	Catheter Angiography	Acute Treatment	Maintenance Therapy
5	Immediate	Abciximab	Deep coma; after withdrawal of support, patient died on poststent day 10	Right cerebellum and anterior pons (CT)	Not performed	Not applicable	Not applicable
6	Day 4	Clopidogrel, aspirin^*	Vertigo, ataxia	Left cerebellum (MRI)	No acute abnormality	Heparin, clopidogrel, aspirin × 8 days	Clopidogrel, aspirin
	Day 12	Clopidogrel, aspirin	Hemiparesis	Left middle cerebellar peduncle (MRI)	No acute abnormality	Heparin, tirofiban × 4 days	Enoxaparin, warfarin, aspirin
	Day 17	Aspirin, enoxaparin, warfarin (INR = 2.03 seconds)	Dysarthria, hemiplegia	Left pons (MRI)	Not performed	Heparin, tirofiban × 7 days	Enoxaparin, warfarin, aspirin
7	Day 2	Tirofiban	Ophthalmoplegia, dysarthria, hemiplegia	Right pons (MRI)	Stent thrombosis	Endovascular mechanical thrombectomy and tirofiban × 2 days	Warfarin, tirofiban
8	Day 1	Abciximab	Hemiplegia, respiratory failure	Right pons (MRI)	No acute abnormality	Heparin × 6 days.	Warfarin, clopidogrel, aspirin