title: Outpatient carotid artery stenting: a case report.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a case of carotid artery stenting for asymptomatic carotid restenosis performed in an outpatient setting.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 68-year-old man with right carotid restenosis after repeat carotid endarterectomy underwent carotid angioplasty and stenting on an ambulatory basis. The procedure to implant a Smart stent required 45 minutes; the femoral access site was closed with a puncture closure device. The patient experienced no sequelae to this procedure and is well 6 months after treatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Outpatient delivery of percutaneous carotid stenting may be feasible in appropriately selected patients.
authors.affiliation: Lenox Hill Heart and Vascular Institute of New York, New York 10021, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: New
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Roubin
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Iyer
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Lawrence
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oetgen
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Al-Mubarek
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Moussa
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Moses
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Vitek
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D000792:Angiography; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002342:Carotid Artery, External / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016894:Endarterectomy, Carotid / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D015607:Stents