title: Exclusion of an internal carotid aneurysm by a covered stent.
abstract: The authors report a case of a patient with thromboembolic strokes caused by a high internal carotid artery aneurysm. Considering the position and the anatomic structure of this aneurysm the sac was excluded transluminally by placing an endovascular covered stent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery and Emergency Radiology, Hospital S. Giovanni Battista, Turin, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ruebben
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Merlo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Verri
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rossato
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Savio
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tettoni
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Muratore
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rabbia
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000379:methods*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal; D006801:Humans; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D017585:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial