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Percutaneous supra-aortic angioplasty in a high risk coronary patient
1Department of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
Clinical Radiology
|July 1, 1990
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Percutaneous angioplasty successfully treated innominate and carotid artery stenosis in a high-risk patient. This intervention improved blood flow to the brain, addressing critical aortic arch disease.
Area of Science:
- Vascular Surgery
- Interventional Cardiology
- Cerebrovascular Medicine
Background:
- High-risk patient presented with severe proximal stenosis of the innominate and carotid arteries originating from the aortic arch.
- Cerebral blood flow was significantly compromised, affecting all four cerebral vessels.
- The patient also had concurrent severe left main and triple-vessel coronary artery disease.
Abstract:
We have performed percutaneous angioplasty of the innominate and carotid arterial stenoses in a high risk patient with proximal disease involving the vessels arising from the aortic arch and seriously limiting blood flow to all four cerebral vessels. The patient also had severe left main and triple vessel coronary artery disease. The role of supra-aortic angioplasty in this clinical setting is discussed.