Restenosis after balloon angioplasty for cerebral vasospasm.
Transluminal balloon dilatation for symptomatic vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage is effective, and clinical studies have shown that it achieves long-lasting dilatation of spastic cerebral arteries. Delayed arterial renarrowing has not been reported. Here we report the case of a 58-year-old woman who presented asymptomatic and permanent restenosis after angioplasty for cerebral vasospasm.
Sedat
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Unité de Neuroradiologie Interventionnelle, CHU NICE, Hôpital St Roch, Nice, France. jsedat@yahoo.fr
Chau
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Popolo
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Gindre
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Rami
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Orban
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D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D012008:Recurrence; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D020301:Vasospasm, Intracranial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*