Treatment of limb-shaking TIAs with external carotid artery stenting.
Limb-shaking transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) occur when perfusion is reduced to the cortical territory associated with the transient movements. We present a case in which a patient with preexisting left internal carotid artery (ICA) occlusion developed limb-shaking TIAs secondary to severe stenosis of her left external carotid artery (ECA). After angioplasty and stenting of her left ECA, her symptoms resolved.
Turtzo
L Christine
LC
Department of Neurology, University of Connecticut Health Center, MC 1840, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030, United States. lturtzo@uchc.edu
Gailloud
Philippe
P
Gottesman
Rebecca F
RF
D000368:Aged; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D002342:Carotid Artery, External / Q000473:pathology*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000473:pathology*; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014202:Tremor / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy