Stenting and angioplasty of the symptomatic chronically occluded carotid artery

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2007 Jan;28(1):168-71.

Abstract

Patients with hemodynamic impairment ipsilateral to a carotid occlusion are at a high risk of subsequent stroke, and currently 2 surgical options have been studied: extracranial-to-intracranial bypass and direct thromboendarterectomy. We report the successful revascularization of 2 symptomatic chronically occluded carotid arteries with stenting and angioplasty.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Angioplasty, Balloon*
  • Carotid Artery, Internal / pathology
  • Carotid Stenosis / diagnosis
  • Carotid Stenosis / therapy*
  • Cerebral Angiography*
  • Chronic Disease
  • Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Angiography*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Risk Factors
  • Stents*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
  • Treatment Outcome