Carotid Artery Stenting Successfully Prevents Progressive Stroke Due to Mobile Plaque
We report a case of progressive ischemic stroke due to a mobile plaque, in which carotid artery stenting successfully prevented further infarctions. A 78-year-old man developed acute multiple infarcts in the right hemisphere, and a duplex ultrasound showed a mobile plaque involving the bifurcation o...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Karger Publishers
2015-05-01
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Series: | Case Reports in Neurology |
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Online Access: | http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/431079 |