Failure of Transluminal Angioplasty in the Treatment of Myointimal Hyperplasia of the Internal Carotid Artery: Case Report

Authors

F. Culicchia
Robert F. Spetzler, Barrow Neurological InstituteFollow
R. A. Flom

Department

neurosurgery

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Recurrent stenosis of the carotid arteries after a carotid endarterectomy for atherosclerosis can occur as a result of myointimal hyperplasia. This condition was treated by percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. Excellent dilatation of the vessel lumen was documented after balloon dilatation. A 6-month follow-up angiographic study, however, demonstrated recurrent high-grade stenosis at the same level in both carotid arteries. Presumably, the failure of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and the treatment of myointimal hyperplasia of the internal carotid artery results in the same condition after the original endarterectomy, that is, additional myointimal hyperplasia.

Publication Date

1991

Publication Title

Neurosurgery

ISSN

0148-396X

Volume

28

Issue

1

First Page

148

Last Page

151

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1227/00006123-199101000-00021

Recommended Citation

Culicchia, F.; Spetzler, Robert F.; and Flom, R. A., "Failure of Transluminal Angioplasty in the Treatment of Myointimal Hyperplasia of the Internal Carotid Artery: Case Report" (1991). Neurosurgery. 171.
https://scholar.barrowneuro.org/neurosurgery/171