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Objective: This scoping review evaluates outcomes of carotid revascularization performed within six days of IVT in patients with small strokes or no imaging-detected lesions. Design: We searched Medline, EMBASE, and Cochrane CENTRAL for studies published between 2005 and 2025 reporting carotid revascularization after IVT. Primary outcomes included perioperative ischemic stroke, symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (sICH), asymptomatic intracranial bleeding (aICB), and wound complications. Data on timing, imaging findings (CT\/MRI), and stroke severity (NIHSS or modified Rankin scale) were extracted. The review followed PRISMA-ScR guidelines. Results: Seventeen studies (1459 patients) were included; 97.6% underwent carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and 2.4% carotid artery stenting (CAS). Data for procedures within six days post-IVT were available for 402 patients, with some treated within 24\u201372 h. Mean NIHSS at admission was 10.2 \u00b1 2.8. Brain lesion characterization was poor and only used as an exclusion criterion. Thirty-day ischemic stroke incidence was 2.5%, while combined sICH\/aICB was 4.0%, with symptomatic cases at 2.5%. Most hemorrhages occurred in patients operated within 48\u201372 h from IVT and in patients with higher NIHSS. CAS carried higher sICH risk than CEA (8.6% vs. 1.9%). Overall mortality was 1.1%; wound complications occurred in 3.7%. Conclusions: The available literature provides limited characterization of brain lesion extent. Neurological complications after CEA are rare, mainly limited to patients operated within 48\u201372 h from IVT. Further research is needed to optimize treatment in this patient group, although delaying CEA only to 48\u201372 h seems reasonable in case of low NIHSS.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm15031174","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,3]],"date-time":"2026-02-03T09:00:58Z","timestamp":1770109258000},"page":"1174","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Early (&lt;6 Days) Extracranial Carotid Revascularization After Intravenous Thrombolysis for Stroke: A Scoping Review"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5185-5728","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Giovanni","family":"Coppi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Vascular and Thoracic Surgey Unit, Central Hospital of Bolzano, 39100 Bolzano, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Luiz Felippe","family":"Milazzo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Vascular and Thoracic Surgey Unit, Central Hospital of Bolzano, 39100 Bolzano, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1091-0772","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Marco Damiano","family":"Pipitone","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Vascular and Thoracic Surgey Unit, Central Hospital of Bolzano, 39100 Bolzano, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9698-8727","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Giovanni","family":"Zambello","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Vascular and Thoracic Surgey Unit, Central Hospital of Bolzano, 39100 Bolzano, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4846-2469","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Francesco","family":"Zaraca","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Vascular and Thoracic Surgey Unit, Central Hospital of Bolzano, 39100 Bolzano, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Reinhold","family":"Perkmann","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Vascular and Thoracic Surgey Unit, Central Hospital of Bolzano, 39100 Bolzano, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e344","DOI":"10.1161\/STR.0000000000000211","article-title":"Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke: 2019 Update to the 2018 Guidelines for the Early Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Guideline for Healthcare Professionals from the American Heart Association\/American Stroke Association","volume":"50","author":"Powers","year":"2019","journal-title":"Stroke"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1741","DOI":"10.1001\/jama.2021.12966","article-title":"Temporal Trends in Stroke Thrombolysis in the US by Race and Ethnicity, 2009\u20132018","volume":"326","author":"Suolang","year":"2021","journal-title":"JAMA"},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"7","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ejvs.2022.04.011","article-title":"Editor\u2019s Choice\u2014European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) 2023 Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Atherosclerotic Carotid and Vertebral Artery Disease","volume":"65","author":"Naylor","year":"2023","journal-title":"Eur. 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