American Journal of Neuroradiology 21:1911-1916 (11 2000)
© 2000 American Society of Neuroradiology
ARTICLE
Intracranial Hemorrhage after Stenting and Angioplasty of Extracranial Carotid Stenosis
a From the Department of Diagnostic Imaging (W.M., W.H., M.H.), Foothills Medical Centre, University of Calgary; the Department of Radiology (S.G., P.K., R.W.), and Divisions of Neurology (A.D.) and Neurosurgery (C.A., M.R.), The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa; and Department of Radiology (G.C., R.F.), Sunnybrook Health Science Center, University of Toronto.
b Address reprint requests to William F. Morrish, Dept. of Diagnostic Imaging, Foothills Medical Centre, 1403-29 Street N.W., Calgary, Alberta Canada T2N 2T9.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The transluminal angioplasty and stenting procedure has been recently advocated as a potential alternative to surgical endarterectomy for the treatment of severe extracranial carotid stenosis. This study assesses the incidence and significance of intracranial hemorrhage occurring after this procedure.
METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed 104 carotid arteries (96 internal, two external, and six common) in 90 patients (63 male; mean age, 69.4 years; range, 48–88 years) who underwent primary stenting and angioplasty by use of Wallstents (103/104) at three centers between January 1996 and January 1999. Seventy-five (83%) patients were referred by neurosurgery departments. Seventy-one (68%) arteries were symptomatic; the mean stenosis percentage was 85% (range, 40–99%).
RESULTS: Four intraparenchymal hemorrhages occurred, representing 4.4% of patients and 3.8% of vessels, after angioplasty and stent placement. The mean preoperative stenosis percentage was 95% (range, 90–99%). One hemorrhage occurred immediately after stent placement, whereas the three other hemorrhages occurred in a delayed fashion (mean, 2.8 days). The mean hematoma size was 4.8 cm (range, 2–8 cm). Three patients had associated subarachnoid or intraventricular bleeding; the fourth had associated subdural hemorrhage. Three hemorrhages were fatal; the fourth experienced two seizures only. No acute neurologic symptoms were present prior to hemorrhages, and there was no postprocedural hypertension in these patients. All had been receiving antiplatelet agents as well as intraprocedural IV heparin.
CONCLUSION: Intracranial hemorrhage can occur after carotid angioplasty and stenting. We speculate that this represents cerebral hyperperfusion injury. The 3.8% incidence of cerebral hemorrhage observed is approximately sixfold greater than that reported post endarterectomy (0.6%) (95% CI, 0.2–8.7%). This is not statistically significant in this small study group. This trend may reflect patient selection, different anticoagulation protocols, and/or study population size. Additional data are needed to determine the safety and efficiency of carotid stenting as a treatment for carotid stenosis.
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