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Endovascular treatment of extracranial carotid artery aneurysms with flow diverter stents

Authors :
Marco Panagrosso
Margherita Tarantino
Luca del Guercio
Giuseppe Buono
Raffaele Serra
Umberto Marcello Bracale
Francesco Briganti
Source :
Annals of Vascular Surgery - Brief Reports and Innovations, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 100048- (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Elsevier, 2022.

Abstract

Extracranial carotid artery aneurysms (ECAAs) are not a common occurrence. As a result, its natural clinical course and the risk factors associated with an adverse outcome are largely unknown. Herein, we describe the endovascular treatment of two extracranial carotid artery aneurysms with flow diverter stents. Flow-diverter devices are stents placed in the parent artery at the level of the neck aneurysm in order to disrupt the intra-aneurysmal flow, thereby favoring intra-aneurysmal thrombosis. In the first case, an angio-CT scan was performed at one-month follow-up and in the second case a duplex scan was performed after four months. Both cases resulted in good stent positioning with complete exclusion of the aneurysm and complete carotid artery patency.Based upon our own clinical experience, endovascular treatment with flow diverter stents merit to be recognized and considered an option in cases of ECAA acknowledging that larger studies or larger series are needed to concur experience.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
27726878
Volume :
2
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Annals of Vascular Surgery - Brief Reports and Innovations
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.21c23c149a314fd49b9f45049d530a9d
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avsurg.2022.100048