title: Stent deployment resolves a petrous carotid artery angioplasty dissection.
abstract: A patient with a symptomatic petrous carotid artery stenosis underwent balloon angioplasty, which was complicated by a flow-limiting dissection. The problem was resolved by deploying a balloon-expandable coronary stent. The patient suffered no neurologic deficit, was discharged within 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 complications.
authors.affiliation: St Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wis, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dorros
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Cohn
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Palmer
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D012008:Recurrence; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome