title: [Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of carotid stenoses].
abstract: The use of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty for the treatment of stenoses of the carotid artery in three patients is reported. In two cases, the artery could be dilated to its original lumen and in the third a significant dilatation was achieved.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Perkutane transluminale Angioplastik von Karotisstenosen.