Muzaffer Kahyaoglu
1*, Murat Velioglu
2, Cetin Gecmen
1, Arzu Kalayci
1, Ender Ozgun Cakmak
1, İbrahim Akin Izgi
11 Department of Cardiology, Kartal Kosuyolu Heart & Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
2 Department of Radiology, Kartal Kosuyolu Heart & Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Abstract
Carotid artery stenting is a method used in the treatment of extracranial carotid artery stenosis that is becoming increasingly more common. Acute carotid thrombosis following CAS is a very rare and devastating complication that can be lethal for the patient unless treated immediately. We report a case of acute carotid stent thrombosis occurring immediately after emergent revascularization, and that was treated with intraarterial tissue plasminogen activator and intravenous tirofiban infusion.