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Refractory In-stent Restenosis Following Carotid Artery Stenting: A Case Report and Review of Operative Management

Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York

Larry A. Scher, MD

Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York

Evan C. Lipsitz, MD

Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, elipsitz{at}aol.com

In-stent restenosis following carotid artery stenting is a challenging problem that vascular surgeons will likely encounter with increasing frequency. The following describes a patient who developed progressive in-stent restenosis 3 years after carotid artery stenting, which was treated with operative therapy after failed balloon angioplasty. A review of the literature describing surgical approaches to the treatment of in-stent restenosis was also performed.

Key Words: carotid stenosis • carotid stenting • in-stent restenosis • carotid endarterectomy

This version was published on June 1, 2009

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Vol. 43, No. 3, 306-311 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1538574408327572


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