Published in:
03-02-2023 | Stroke | Correspondence
Endovascular Revascularization of an Unfavorable Type of Chronically Occluded Internal Carotid Artery Using a Balloon Guide Catheter
Authors:
André Araújo, Francisca Guimarães, André Miguel Miranda, Marta Rodrigues, Sérgio Castro, Manuel Ribeiro
Published in:
Clinical Neuroradiology
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Issue 2/2023
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Excerpt
The reported rate of symptomatic internal carotid artery (ICA) occlusions is approximately 6/100,000 individuals [
1,
2]. The natural history and optimal management of a chronically occluded ICA (COICA) are controversial and there is insufficient data concerning endovascular revascularization [
3]. Nonetheless, the annual stroke risk in these patients ranges from 2% to 7% under medicinal therapy alone [
2‐
5] and stroke etiology is related to impaired hemodynamics and/or embolic phenomena [
4]. …