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Late in-stent thrombosis following carotid angioplasty and stenting.

Buhk JH, Wellmer A, Knauth M

Department of Neuroradiology, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany. jh.buhk@med.uni-goettingen.de

Acute in-stent thrombosis is a well-known complication of carotid angioplasty and stenting (CAS) and often due to resistance to or inadequate treatment with platelet-inhibiting agents. The authors report three cases of a delayed in-stent thrombosis after more than a week but less than 3 months after CAS. In all cases, the postprocedural antiplatelet regimen was discontinued to enable the treatment of a relevant comorbidity.

Published 23 May 2006 in Neurology, 66(10): 1594-6.
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