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Percutaneous implantation of endoprostheses in the carotid arteries.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Costa, J. Ribamar Cano, Manuel Nicolás Oliveira, Dinaldo Cavalcanti De Kambara, Antônio Massamitsu Moreira, Adriana Costa Queiroz, Rogé Rio Cano, Silvia J. F. Sousa, Amanda Guerra Morais Rego Sousa, J. Eduardo Morais Rego |
| Copyright Year | 2003 |
| Abstract | OBJECTIVE To assess the in-hospital evolution of patients undergoing percutaneous stent placement in the carotid arteries. METHODS From August 1996 to April 2001, we studied 86 patients with carotid arterial obliterative lesions > 70% who were treated with percutaneous stent placement in the carotid arteries. We assessed the rate of success of the implantation and of the procedure, the types of stents used, mortality rate, and neurological complications. RESULTS Successful implantation was obtained in 98.9% of the cases, and the procedure was successful in 91.8%. The Wallstent was the most frequently used stent (73 patients - 77%). Cerebral strokes occurred as follows: 3 (3.2%) transient ischemic attacks, 1 (1.1%) minor stroke, and 3 (3.1%) major strokes. One (1.1%) patient died during hospitalization. CONCLUSION The high rate of success of stent implantation (98.9%) in addition to the low rate of cerebral stroke/death (4.2%) showed the efficiency and safety of percutaneous stent placement in carotid arteries. |
| Starting Page | 395 |
| Ending Page | 401 |
| Page Count | 7 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.scielo.br/pdf/abc/v80n1/14381.pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 12612726v1 |
| Volume Number | 80 |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Journal | Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Arterial system CNS disorder Carotid Arteries Cerebral Infarction Cerebrovascular accident Cessation of life Hospitalization Patients Stent Device Component Stent, device Transient Ischemic Attack |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
