STENT DEPLOYMENT RESOLVES A PETROUS CAROTID-ARTERY ANGIOPLASTY DISSECTION

Authors
DORROS G COHN JM PALMER LE
Citation
G. Dorros et al., STENT DEPLOYMENT RESOLVES A PETROUS CAROTID-ARTERY ANGIOPLASTY DISSECTION, American journal of neuroradiology, 19(2), 1998, pp. 392-394
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology","Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
American journal of neuroradiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01956108
Volume
19
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
392 - 394
Database
ISI
SICI code
0195-6108(1998)19:2<392:SDRAPC>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
A patient with a symptomatic petrous carotid artery stenosis underwent balloon angioplasty, which was complicated by a flow-limiting dissect ion, The problem was resolved by deploying a balloon-expandable corona ry stent, The patient suffered no neurologic deficit, was discharged w ithin 12 hours, and was asymptomatic at last follow-up, 5 months after the procedure, without warfarin therapy. This therapeutic option may prove useful as a means to correct endovascular procedural complicatio ns.