Stent-graft treatment of extracranial carotid and vertebral arterial lesions

J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2004 Oct;15(10):1151-6. doi: 10.1097/01.rvi.0000134496.71252.

Abstract

Five patients with pseudoaneurysms of the carotid artery (n = 4) and an arteriovenous fistula of the vertebral artery (n = 1) were treated with stent-grafts. Commercially made devices were used in all but one of the patients. In four of the five patients, the pathology was successfully excluded. One patient had a small type-I endoleak. There were no immediate procedure-related complications or neurologic sequalae. All experienced immediate resolution of symptoms. One patient was lost to follow-up after discharge and another died 2 weeks after intervention. The remaining patients remained asymptomatic with patent stent-grafts after follow-up periods of 14, 16, and 46 months, respectively.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm, False / therapy*
  • Angiography, Digital Subtraction
  • Carotid Artery Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Carotid Artery Diseases / therapy*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Polytetrafluoroethylene
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Stents*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vertebral Artery Dissection / diagnostic imaging
  • Vertebral Artery Dissection / therapy*

Substances

  • Polytetrafluoroethylene