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W S Fields

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Intracerebral hemorrhage following carotid endarterectomy: a hypertensive complication?

Two patients with transient ischemic attacks and subsequent minor cerebral infarction had repair of very tight carotid stenosis, 4 and 5 weeks respectively after their stroke. Each developed intracerebral hemorrhage when hypertension was uncontrolled during the post-operative period. Hypertension is a significant complication of carotid endarterectomy, and may be a prominent factor in the development of intracerebral hemorrhage post-carotid endarterectomy.

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Vertebral artery trauma: transcatheter embolization.

Injuries of the vertebral arteries in four patients were treated by transcatheter embolization. Embolotherapy was performed after incomplete or unsuccessful surgery in three of the patients and as a preventive measure in lieu of surgery in the fourth patient. All procedures were successful and without complications. An injured vertebral artery is usually extremely difficult to approach surgically, but because of extensive collateral blood supply it is usually expendable; therefore, it becomes an inviting target for management by interventional angiographic techniques. Embolotherapy of an injured vertebral artery is easier, faster, and safer than its surgical ligation and, therefore, decidedly superior. With few exceptions, embolotherapy should be considered the preferred method in the management of vertebral artery trauma.

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