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Angioplasty of persistent "stump" of internal carotid artery
1Division of Neurological Surgery, University of Missouri Health Sciences Center, Columbia 65212.
Missouri Medicine
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
An unusual sequela of internal carotid artery occlusion is the development of cerebral ischemia caused by emboli in a residual stump of the internal carotid artery. Five patients with transient ischemic attacks due to this condition are presented. Stump angioplasty was employed successfully in each case.