Spontaneous recanalization of chronic occlusion of the internal carotid artery

I N Shchanitsyn; T D Maksyushina; Yu I Titova; E A Persova; S P Bazhanov; P A Karavaikin

Spontaneous recanalization of chronic occlusion of the internal carotid artery

Angiol Sosud Khir. 2015;21(2):124-35.

[Article in English, Russian]

Authors

I N Shchanitsyn¹, T D Maksyushina¹, Yu I Titova¹, E A Persova¹, S P Bazhanov¹, P A Karavaikin²

Affiliations

¹ Saratov Scientific Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics under the Health Ministry of the Russian Federation, Saratov, Russia.
² Clinic of Aortic and Cardiovascular Surgery, First Moscow State Medical University named after I.M. Sechenov, Moscow, Russia.

PMID: 26035575

Abstract

Described in the article is a rare case concerning spontaneous recanalization of the extracranial portion of the internal carotid artery (ICA) eleven months after occlusion. Only few publications have been dedicated to recanalization of ICA chronic occlusion. Spontaneous recanalization of the ICA is more common than it is generally understood. The authors have analysed all available articles about this problem from PubMed (1957 to 2013), reviewing the mechanisms of recanalization of the ICA, methods of diagnosis and treatment. The purpose of this case report is to emphasize the importance of ICA spontaneous recanalization and consequences thereof.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Angiography
Brain Ischemia* / diagnosis
Brain Ischemia* / etiology
Brain Ischemia* / physiopathology
Brain Ischemia* / therapy
Cardiovascular Agents / therapeutic use
Carotid Artery, Internal* / diagnostic imaging
Carotid Artery, Internal* / physiopathology
Carotid Stenosis* / diagnosis
Carotid Stenosis* / physiopathology
Carotid Stenosis* / therapy
Female
Humans
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / therapeutic use
Male
Middle Aged
Outcome Assessment, Health Care
Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / therapeutic use
Prognosis
Recovery of Function*
Remission, Spontaneous
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color / methods
Vascular Patency

Substances

Cardiovascular Agents
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors