Carotid stent fracture and restenosis management

Brian G Hynes; Nicholas J Ruggiero; Joshua A Hirsch; Kenneth Rosenfield

doi:10.1177/1358863X11422563

Carotid stent fracture and restenosis management

Vasc Med. 2011 Dec;16(6):436-42. doi: 10.1177/1358863X11422563. Epub 2011 Oct 3.

Authors

Brian G Hynes¹, Nicholas J Ruggiero, Joshua A Hirsch, Kenneth Rosenfield

Affiliation

¹ Section of Vascular Medicine and Peripheral Intervention, Department of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 21967889
DOI: 10.1177/1358863X11422563

Abstract

We report an unusual case of asymptomatic accelerated right carotid artery in-stent restenosis in a patient referred for revascularization of a de novo stenosis of her left internal carotid artery.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Angioplasty, Balloon / instrumentation*
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation
Carotid Artery Diseases / diagnosis
Carotid Artery Diseases / drug therapy
Carotid Artery Diseases / surgery*
Carotid Stenosis / diagnosis
Carotid Stenosis / surgery*
Drug Therapy, Combination
Female
Graft Occlusion, Vascular / diagnosis
Graft Occlusion, Vascular / surgery*
Humans
Prosthesis Failure
Recurrence
Reoperation
Stents / adverse effects*
Treatment Outcome