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Persistent proatlantal artery associated with carotid artery stenosis treatment by percutaneous transluminal balloon angioplasty

  • Papers from the French Vascular Surgical Society 1990 Meeting
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Annals of Vascular Surgery

Abstract

A 58-year-old man had an asymptomatic tight stenosis of the internal carotid artery associated with a persistent proatlantal artery. This as well as other compositional arterial anomalies of the basilar artery were discovered on arteriograms. The stenosis was successfully treated by percutaneous transluminal balloon angiopfasty. Therapeutic choices are discussed in this setting because of the risk of carotid clamping in the presence of persistent carotid-basilar anastomoses. kg]Key words

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  1. Service de Chirurgie Générale et Vasculaire, Hôpital Central, 54037, Nancy, France

    Pascal Bour MD, Serge Bracard MD, Nicolas Frisch MD, Robert Frisch MD & Gérard Fiévé MD

  2. Service de Neuro- Radiologie, Hôpital Saint Julien, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire, Nancy, France

    Pascal Bour MD, Serge Bracard MD, Nicolas Frisch MD, Robert Frisch MD & Gérard Fiévé MD

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Bour, P., Bracard, S., Frisch, N. et al. Persistent proatlantal artery associated with carotid artery stenosis treatment by percutaneous transluminal balloon angioplasty. Annals of Vascular Surgery 5, 38–40 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02021775

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