Carotid Artery Stenting Successfully Prevents Progressive Stroke Due to Mobile Plaque

Carotid Artery Stenting Successfully Prevents Progressive Stroke Due to Mobile Plaque

We report a case of progressive ischemic stroke due to a mobile plaque, in which carotid artery stenting successfully prevented further infarctions. A 78-year-old man developed acute multiple infarcts in the right hemisphere, and a duplex ultrasound showed a mobile plaque involving the bifurcation o...

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Main Authors: Masahiro Oomura, Chikako Sato, Kentaro Yamada, Toshimasa Ikeda, Chise Anan, Kaoru Kamimoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2015-05-01
Series:Case Reports in Neurology
Subjects:
Carotid artery stenting
Mobile plaque
Stroke in evolution
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/431079

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