Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of the internal carotid artery with a continuous-perfusion dilatation catheter.

T Tsurutani, T Orita and T Kitahara

Abstract

A patient who lost consciousness and had a convulsion caused by brain ischemia during balloon inflation in connection with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty was successfully treated with a continuous-perfusion dilatation catheter without complications.

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