Stenting and angioplasty of the symptomatic chronically occluded carotid artery.
Patients with hemodynamic impairment ipsilateral to a carotid occlusion are at a high risk of subsequent stroke, and currently 2 surgical options have been studied: extracranial-to-intracranial bypass and direct thromboendarterectomy. We report the successful revascularization of 2 symptomatic chronically occluded carotid arteries with stenting and angioplasty.
Thomas
A J
AJ
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Gupta
R
R
Tayal
A H
AH
Kassam
A B
AB
Horowitz
M B
MB
Jovin
T G
TG
D000368:Aged; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000473:pathology; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002908:Chronic Disease; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome