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. 1998 Feb;19(2):392-4.

Stent deployment resolves a petrous carotid artery angioplasty dissection.

G Dorros 1, J M Cohn 1, L E Palmer 1
PMCID: PMC8338165  PMID: 9504502

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.

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