PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Tanemura, Hiroshi
AU  - Hatazaki, Seiji
AU  - Asakura, Fumio
AU  - Kawaguchi, Kenji
AU  - Kuraishi, Keita
AU  - Toma, Naoki
AU  - Sakaida, Hiroshi
AU  - Maeda, Masayuki
AU  - Taki, Waro
TI  - Angioscopic Observation During Carotid Angioplasty with Stent Placement
DP  - 2005 Sep 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 1943--1948
VI  - 26
IP  - 8
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/26/8/1943.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/26/8/1943.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2005 Sep 01; 26
AB  - Summary: This clinical report is the first to describe angioscopy during carotid angioplasty with stent placement. The average observation time was 3 minutes 43 seconds in 18 cases. The view was clear in 67% of cases. Lesions in the endothelium, rupture of the fibrous cap, clots, debris detaching from plaque, and stent struts were observed. No symptomatic ischemic complications occurred. Diffusion-weighted MR imaging after angioscopy showed asymptomatic ischemic lesions in 47% of cases.