Combined surgical and interventional treatment of tandem carotid artery and middle cerebral artery embolus: A case report

Table 1 Main characteristics of the patient

Clinical information
Age (yr)	70
Chief complaint	Sudden inability to speak; inability to move his right limb for 3 h
History of present illness	Atrial fibrillation history for more than 1 yr
Physical examination	Drowsiness and completely mixed aphasia; right limb was not movable
Electrocardiogram examination	Atrial fibrillation
CTA	Embolisms in the left carotid bifurcation and left middle cerebral artery
CT	A small infarct in the left insular lobe
NIHSS	23

CTA: Computed tomography angiography; CT: Computed tomography; NHISS: Neurologic severity scores.