Spontaneous Petrous Carotid Artery Occlusive Dissection Treated by Local Fibrinolysis and Stent Deployment
| Autor: | Salvatore Mangiafico, G. Villa, M. Cellerini, G.P. Giordano, F. Ammannati |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Carotid arteries Fistula medicine.medical_treatment Ischemia Dissection (medical) Original Articles medicine.disease equipment and supplies Surgery Pseudoaneurysm Stent deployment Fibrinolysis medicine cardiovascular diseases business Cerebral angiography |
| Popis: | This paper reports a case of local thrombolytic therapy followed by stenting of the petrous carotid in a young woman with recurrent transient ischemic attacks from spontaneous dissection. A total of four overlapping balloon-expandable stents were delivered in two different sessions one month apart. The procedure resulted in a potentially efficacious treatment for the prevention or reduction of cerebral damages from ischemia. At follow-up three months later the patient was symptom free and DSA revealed a delayed proximal small pseudoaneurysm and a carotid-cavernous fistula. At one year follow-up the patient was still symptom-free with unmodified findings at cerebral angiography. |
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