Increased efficacy of internal carotid artery stenting using a low-profile stent with a tapered tip.
Angioplasty and stent placement is becoming a widely accepted method of carotid artery revascularization. Two cases are presented where 1 standard low-profile stent failed to cross the lesion, but a different low-profile stent with a tapered tip delivery system was successfully deployed. The technical advantages of the tapered delivery system in certain anatomic situations are described.
Choragudi
Nagaraju L
NL
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, New York Medical College/Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, USA.
Pucillo
Anthony L
AL
Mateo
Romeo B
RB
Aronow
Wilbert S
WS
Botet
Jose F
JF
D000368:Aged; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome