The use of stent graft for the correction of a false aneurysm of theinternal carotid artery

Authors: T.G. Nikitina, E.G. Kochurkova, K.V. Petrosyan, B.G. Alekyan

Company: A.N. Bakoulev Scientific Center for Cardiovascular Surgery; Rublevskoe shosse, 135, Moscow, 121552, Russian Federation


DOI: https://doi.org/10.15275/kreatkard.2015.01.07

Keywords: stent graft aneurysm internal carotid artery

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Abstract

The development of aneurysms of the extracranial internal carotid artery is a rare complication of carotid endarterectomy. We present a case of successful graft-stenting false aneurysm of the internal carotid artery.

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Chief Editor

Leo A. Bockeria, MD, PhD, DSc, Professor, Academician of Russian Academy of Sciences, President of Bakoulev National Medical Research Center for Cardiovascular Surgery