title: Transradial approach for carotid artery stenting in a patient with severe peripheral arterial disease.
abstract: We present a case of a 73-year-old man with critical bilateral internal carotid artery stenosis, recent right-hemisphere stroke and severe peripheral artery disease in whom right internal carotid artery stenting (RICA-CAS) was performed successfully via a right transradial approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac and Vascular Diseases, Jagiellonian University, John Paul II Hospital, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Damian
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Maciejewski
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac and Vascular Diseases, Jagiellonian University, John Paul II Hospital, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pieniążek
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac and Vascular Diseases, Jagiellonian University, John Paul II Hospital, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Lukasz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tekieli
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac and Vascular Diseases, Jagiellonian University, John Paul II Hospital, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Paluszek
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac and Vascular Diseases, Jagiellonian University, John Paul II Hospital, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Karolina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dzierwa
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantology - Division of Endovascular Surgery, Jagiellonian University, John Paul II Hospital, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Mariusz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trystuła
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wójcik-Pędziwiatr
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac and Vascular Diseases, Jagiellonian University, John Paul II Hospital, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Podolec
keywords: carotid artery stenting; embolic protection device; peripheral artery disease; radial approach; stroke