Intracarotid fibrinolysin in acute cerebral occlusion with angiographic control of results

1. A method for early diagnosis and objective control of results of treatment in the acute phase of occlusive disease of the intracranial cerebral vessels is described. Not dependent on subjective data, arteriography is invaluable in evaluating methods of treatment designed to salvage marginally compromised neurons2. Fibrinolysin infused intraarterially can bring about a clearing of involved vascular channels demonstrable by angiography. With the early diagnosis, this approach offers a therapeutic line for a pathological process too often regarded with nihilism or at best, empirically treated at a time when measures for neuronal salvage should be most vigorous. (Summary and conclusions)