title: Stent migration as a late complication following carotid angioplasty and stenting.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A 69-year-old male patient with severe asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis was treated percutaneously with implant of two self-expandable stents in the right carotid overlapped to each other by 5 mm. The 15-month follow-up colour-Doppler ultrasound (CDU) revealed a severe stenosis in the target vessel and an image suggesting migration of the distal stent.
  
  
  METHODS
  Physical examination, laboratory test, CDU, carotid angiography, quantitative carotid angiography (QCA), brain computed tomography (CT).
  
  
  METHODS
  Migration of the distal stent associated with severe stenosis on the unsupported arterial segment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Carotid artery angiography, QCA, antithrombotic therapy, carotid artery angioplasty and stenting (CAS).
authors.affiliation: Interventional Cardio-Angiology Unit Villa Maria Cecilia Hospital, Cotignola (RA), Italy. fcastriota@gvm-vmc.it
authors.forename: Fausto
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Castriota
authors.forename: Estêvão Carvalho de Campos
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.forename: Carlo A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Dall'Olmo
authors.forename: Robert G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Molnar
authors.forename: Raffaella
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Manetti
authors.forename: Armando
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Liso
authors.forename: Kareem
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oshoala
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Furgieri
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ricci
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cremonesi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017130:Angioplasty / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color