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ABSTRACT IntroductionWe present a unique case report of a patient who presented to the emergency departmentwith stroke-like symptoms found to have a spontaneous left sided internal carotid arterydissection. Case ReportThe patient was treated successfully with thrombectomy, and subsequently developedcontralateral symptoms caused by a right sided internal carotid artery dissection. This wasmanaged with a second contralateral thrombectomy. The patient’s course was complicated bypersistent and mild hypotension, postulated to be secondary to bilateral carotid baroreceptortrauma from the dissections. ConclusionThis case highlights the importance of close neurological monitoring for patients,preferably in a neurologic critical care setting, during and after invasive treatments such assystemic thrombolytic administration or mechanical thrombectomy, as identifying the patient’ssubsequent development of contralateral symptoms in a timely fashion was key to his positive outcome. An additional factor which had a positive impact on this outcome was the use of the RAPID Artificial Intelligence software which assists in determining whether thrombectomy maybe indicated prior to receiving a formal radiologist read on CT angiography/perfusion studies. AI technologies such as this have a great potential to augment and expedite patient care.
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