학술논문
Cerebral protection during open retrograde angioplasty/stenting of common carotid and innominate artery stenoses.
Document Type
Article
Source
Subject
*ARTERIAL stenosis
*ANGIOPLASTY
*SURGICAL stents
*DEXTRAN
*CAROTID artery
*ENDARTERECTOMY
*THERAPEUTICS
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Language
ISSN
0007-1323
Abstract
The article discusses a retrospective study of the effectiveness of open, retrograde angioplasty/stenting of supra-aortic arterial stenoses combined with transcranial Doppler-directed dextran therapy in preventing perioperative embolization. Over a 5-year interval, 12 patients underwent on-table, retrograde angioplasty of stenoses involving the proximal common carotid arteries (CCAs) or innominate arteries. It is concluded that retrograde angioplasty/stenting with or without synchronous carotid endarterectomy offers an alternative approach to treating patients with supra-aortic inflow disease.