title: Treatment of blunt injury to the carotid artery by using endovascular stents: an early experience.
abstract: Identification of blunt carotid injury prior to the development of ischemic symptoms requires aggressive screening of patients at risk. The treatment of these lesions has centered around long-term anticoagulation therapy. However, studies have revealed that many of these lesions persist despite medical treatment, as does the risk of distal embolization. The authors present a series of six patients who were successfully treated by means of endovascular stent placement for nonpenetrating carotid injuries. In the authors' experience this treatment requires only temporary anticoagulation therapy, results in immediate reconstruction of the injured vessel, obliterates pseudoaneurysms, and prevents distal embolization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80204-4507, USA.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Duke
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Ryu
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Coldwell
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Brega
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D000792:Angiography; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000517:prevention & control; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D020212:Carotid Artery Injuries; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000209:etiology; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004617:Embolism / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006493:Heparin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008297:Male; D009104:Multiple Trauma; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D012307:Risk Factors; D015607:Stents; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014654:Vascular Patency; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D006493:Heparin