Stent deployment resolves a petrous carotid artery angioplasty dissection

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1998 Feb;19(2):392-4.

Abstract

A patient with a symptomatic petrous carotid artery stenosis underwent balloon angioplasty, which was complicated by a flow-limiting dissection. The problem was resolved by deploying a balloon-expandable coronary stent. The patient suffered no neurologic deficit, was discharged within 12 hours, and was asymptomatic at last follow-up, 5 months after the procedure, without warfarin therapy. This therapeutic option may prove useful as a means to correct endovascular procedural complications.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Angioplasty, Balloon / instrumentation*
  • Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Dissection / therapy*
  • Carotid Artery, Internal* / diagnostic imaging
  • Carotid Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Carotid Stenosis / therapy*
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
  • Postoperative Complications / therapy
  • Recurrence
  • Stents*
  • Treatment Outcome