How to Penetrate the Wall of an Unintentionally Deployed Wallstent in the External Carotid Artery for Stenting of an Internal Carotid Artery Lesion

Arash Hashemi; Alireza Serati; Arsis Ahmadieh; Ehsan Khalilipur; Lida Ghaffari; Mohammad Reza Movahed

doi:10.1055/s-0044-1786395

International Journal of Angiology, Table of Contents

Int J Angiol 2025; 34(03): 238-241
DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1786395

Case Report

How to Penetrate the Wall of an Unintentionally Deployed Wallstent in the External Carotid Artery for Stenting of an Internal Carotid Artery Lesion

Authors

Arash Hashemi

¹Department of Medicine, Erfan General Hospital, Tehran, Iran
Alireza Serati

²Lung Transplantation Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Arsis Ahmadieh

³Department of Medicine, Atieh General Hospital, Tehran, Iran
Ehsan Khalilipur

⁴Cardiovascular Intervention Research Center, Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Tehran, Iran
Lida Ghaffari

¹Department of Medicine, Erfan General Hospital, Tehran, Iran
Mohammad Reza Movahed

⁵Department of Medicine, University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, Arizona

⁶Department of Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona

Abstract

Carotid artery stenting is increasingly performed among patients with proper indications for carotid artery revascularization. It has a low complication rate with a short recovery time. In this case, we report a new complication due to unintended stent deployment in the external carotid artery covering the ostium of the internal carotid artery requiring penetration and stenting of the deployed Wallstent wall to advance the second stent in the proper position in the internal carotid artery.

Keywords

complications - carotid intervention - stenting - carotid stenting - wall stent - unintended deployment - complication

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