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Fatal Cerebral Hemorrhage Early after Subclavian Artery Endovascular Therapy

Johnvito L. Salernoa and Jiri Viteka

a From the Department of Radiology, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY



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  		FIG 1. A, Occlusion of the left subclavian artery.

B, Appearance of the left subclavian artery after predilatation with 4 x 40 mm balloon. Anterograde opacification of the left vertebral artery.

C, Control angiography post stent placement (two Medtronic Arterial Vascular Engineering [AVE] stents, 6 x 16 and 6 x 10 mm).



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  		FIG 2. A–F, CT scan of the head 1 hour after the left subclavian artery recanalization. Large hematoma in the right thalamus with rupture into the third ventricle and spilling of the blood through the 4th ventricle into the subarachnoid space.





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