title: Simultaneous bilateral carotid stenting in one session in high-risk patients.
abstract: The authors report their experience in treating a group of 6 high-risk patients with severe bilateral carotid disease by carotid artery stenting in a single session. The patients were men aged 53 to 83 years. All had bilateral, synchronous, symptomatic ischemic disease. Five of the 6 patients had severe bilateral carotid stenoses due to atherosclerotic disease: the sixth had a dissecting aneurysm on one side. All were treated with self-expandable stents: a distal protection device was used. All stenting procedures were technically successful. Stenoses averaged 84 +/- 8% before the procedure and 10 +/- 7% after. No procedure-related complications occurred and no 30-day postoperative complications were found. One patient experienced bradhycardia and hypotension for 1 day and was treated medically. After careful preparation and perioperative procedures in a selected group of patients, simultaneous bilateral carotid stenting procedures are feasible when required and appear to be relatively safe.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yao-Hung
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hong-Jen
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Hsieh
authors.forename: Chung-Wei
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Ya-Fang
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jiann-Shing
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Jeng
authors.forename: Hon-Man
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002342:Carotid Artery, External; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D015607:Stents; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome