[Internal carotid artery stent].
Stent implantation is a well established treatment of vascular stenoses if the result after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) is suboptimal, or as a primary treatment to reduce the number of restenoses. Carotid artery stents have only been used in a relatively limited number of cases up till now. The first Scandinavian case of a successful internal carotid artery stent implantation after suboptimal PTA with five months follow-up is presented.
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Radiologisk afdeling, Odense Universitetshospital.
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D000368:Aged; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D015607:Stents