Symptomatic Bilateral Carotid Artery Occlusion: An Uncommon Pattern of Carotid Pathology

We report an unusual case of an 83-year-old man who was admitted with dizziness and repeated drop attacks. He was diagnosed with bilateral carotid artery occlusion and he underwent a left subclavian to left carotid bypass with ringed polytetrafluoroethylene graft. The patient’s postoperative course...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Maltezos, Chrisostomos, Anastasiadou, Christiana, Papapetrou, Anastasios, Galyfos, George, Sachmpazidis, Ioannis, Papacharalampous, Gerasimos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Vascular Specialist International 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6027800/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29984215
http://dx.doi.org/10.5758/vsi.2018.34.2.31
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Sumario:We report an unusual case of an 83-year-old man who was admitted with dizziness and repeated drop attacks. He was diagnosed with bilateral carotid artery occlusion and he underwent a left subclavian to left carotid bypass with ringed polytetrafluoroethylene graft. The patient’s postoperative course was uneventful and no symptoms presented during a 6-month follow-up. Finally, we discuss on proper management of such patients.

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