Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
With our exceptional cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) treatments, the Supreme Vascular and Interventional Clinic helps you overcome this rare condition. Using the latest advancements in medical science, Dr. Manish Taneja will design a tailored treatment plan that targets CVT with precision and care.
What is Cerebral Venous Thrombosis?
Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is less common known cause of acute stroke in young patients.
Stroke is commonly caused by clots in arterial circulation supplying blood from heart to the brain that block blood supply with damage to the brain cells.
In some patients, these clots form in the venous circulation affecting blood vessels that take blood from the brain back to the heart. These clots prevent blood from clearing from the brain circulation with significant potential risk of bleeding inside the brain causing stroke and death.
Clinical Presentation of Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
CVT is commonly seen in young patients. They can present with severe headaches , focal neurological deficits, altered conscious state or coma depending on location and extent of clot with associated brain damage.
Most commonly its affects young females. Important risk factors for CVT are oestrogen-containing oral contraceptives, prothrombotic (hypercoagulable) conditions (genetic or acquired thrombophilias), pregnancy and the puerperium, infections, malignancy, 14 head injury (causing direct trauma to venous structures) and inflammatory diseases. There has also association described recently after vaccination.
Diagnosis and management of Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
CVT is diagnosed on MRI/MRV scan of the brain with a high degree of accuracy.
Most patients are managed with anticoagulant medication. Occasionally catheter based techniques are used to remove the clots from the brain in patients with severe life threatening clinical presentation not responding to medical therapy. Very rarely surgery is needed in patients with critical bleeding in the brain that is fortunately rare. There are more several types of neurointerventional treatments and venous diseases we offer to treat different problems that occur in the brain. We also offer diagnosis and management of deep vein thrombosis in the lower limbs.
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