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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1409-4142</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Costarricense de Cardiología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. costarric. cardiol]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1409-4142</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Asociación Costarricense de Cardiología]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1409-41422019000100023</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Terapia Endovascular de la Trombosis de Arteria Basilar: Reporte de 2 Casos]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Endovascular Therapy of Basilar Artery Thrombosis: 2 Case Report]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Villegas Reyes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[David]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Fernández Madrigal]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Hubert]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vargas Román]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alejandro]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Navarro Cordero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gino]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Padilla Cuadra]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan Ignacio]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,CCSS UCR ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Calderón Guardia Servicio de Neurología Unidad de Ictus]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Calderón Guardia Servicio de Neurocirugía Terapia Neuroendovascular]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Calderón Guardia Unidad de Neurocríticos ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="Af5">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Calderón Guardia. Unidad de Neurocríticos ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>21</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>23</fpage>
<lpage>27</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1409-41422019000100023&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1409-41422019000100023&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1409-41422019000100023&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Los eventos cerebrovasculares afectan el territorio de la circulación posterior pueden tener un comportamiento benigno,sin embargo, la oclusión de la arteria basilar suele tener consecuencias devastadoras. El uso de trombolísis sistémica ointra-arterial y la terapia endovascular son opciones terapéuticas con recuperación funcional apropiada. Se reportan doscasos de trombosis arterial basilar cuyo diagnóstico temprano permitió un manejo combinado entre embolectomía endovasculary trombólisis con resultados adecuados.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Stroke of the posterior cerebral circulation may have a benign course but basilar artery thrombosis usually have devastating consequences. Systemic thrombolysis and endovascular treatment are promising options with appropriate functional outcomes. We report two cases of basilar artery thrombosis in which early diagnosis and treatment with endovascular embolectomy and thrombolysis showed good results.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Arteria basilar]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[trombosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[evento cerebro vascular]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Basilar artery]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[thrombosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[stroke]]></kwd>
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