RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Angioscopic Observation During Carotid Angioplasty with Stent Placement
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 1943
OP 1948
VO 26
IS 8
A1 Tanemura, Hiroshi
A1 Hatazaki, Seiji
A1 Asakura, Fumio
A1 Kawaguchi, Kenji
A1 Kuraishi, Keita
A1 Toma, Naoki
A1 Sakaida, Hiroshi
A1 Maeda, Masayuki
A1 Taki, Waro
YR 2005
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/26/8/1943.abstract
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.