Blood pressure control after bilateral carotid angioplasty in a patient with severe hypertension

Carotid artery angioplasty with stenting is an effective treatment for carotid artery stenosis, but is frequently associated with acute transient hemodynamic changes. We present the case of a 73-year-old female patient with long-standing refractory hypertension who remained normotensive during a thr...

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Main Authors: Luís Seca, Joana Silva, Hilário Oliveira, Marco Costa, A.M. Leitão-Marques
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-07-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition)
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S217420491170006X