Intraoperative perfusion computerized tomography scanning for management of intracranial stent placement in a patient with tandem intracranial stenoses. Case report.
The authors describe the novel use of cerebral perfusion computerized tomography studies to evaluate the effectiveness of internal carotid artery stent placement in a man with symptomatic transient ischemic attacks caused by tandem stenoses of the internal carotid and middle cerebral arteries.
Sanford
Matthew F
MF
Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin 53792, USA.
Turk
Aquilla S
AS
Niemann
David B
DB
Pulfer
Kari A
KA
Aagaard-Kienitz
Beverly A
BA
D000368:Aged; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D002539:Cerebral Arterial Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020768:Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed