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Trial reportEuropean radiology2013

Carotid artery stenting in difficult aortic arch anatomy with or without a new dedicated guiding catheter: preliminary experience.

Giulio Barbiero, Diego Cognolato, Andrea Casarin, Rudi Stramanà, Elisa Galzignan, Alessandro Guarise

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Trial report in European radiology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  1. Bending stiffness and trackability of carotid stent delivery systems: Bench-top insights for neurointerventional practice.Interventional neuroradiology : journal of peritherapeutic neuroradiology, surgical procedures and related neurosciences · 2025
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6 authors.

Giulio BarbieroDepartment of Radiology, St.Bassiano Hospital, ULSS n.3, 40 Via dei Lotti, 36061, Bassano del Grappa (Vicenza), Italy. giuliobarbiero@katamail.com
Diego Cognolato
Andrea Casarin
Rudi Stramanà
Elisa Galzignan
Alessandro Guarise

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo evaluate carotid artery stenting (CAS) procedures with or without a new dedicated guiding catheter in anatomically challenging aortic arches in our experience.

methodsWe retrospectively reviewed 172 procedures of CAS performed from December 2006 to October 2011 in 159 consecutive patients (100 men, mean age 78 years): 15 patients had type III aortic arch, 13 had a bovine aortic arch, 6 had an acute angle at the origin of the left common carotid artery from the aortic arch, 2 had type III aortic arch with bovine aortic arch, and 1 had a bicarotid trunk with an aberrant right subclavian artery. In this group of difficult anatomy (37 cases), CAS was performed with (13 cases) or without (24 cases) a new dedicated guiding catheter.

resultsMean time of fluoroscopy (16 min vs. 18 min, P < 0.01), mean total procedural time (68 min vs. 83 min, P < 0.001), technical failure (0/13 vs. 3/24 cases, P = 0.01), clinical failure (0/13 vs. 4/21 cases, P = 0.02) and local complications (0/13 vs. 2/24 cases, P < 0.0001) were significantly lesser in the dedicated guiding catheter group.

conclusionsThe new dedicated guiding catheter may be more effective and less risky for CAS in anatomically challenging aortic arches. KEY POINTS: • Complex anatomy of the aortic arch is not rare • Endovascular carotid artery stenting (CAS) is more difficult when the anatomy is complex • A new dedicated guiding catheter may help CAS when the arch anatomy is complex • The new dedicated guiding catheter may be less risky in complex arches.

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Blood Vessel ProsthesisStentsAgedAged, 80 and overAorta, ThoracicCarotid ArteriesCarotid Artery DiseasesCatheterization, PeripheralFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPilot ProjectsProsthesis ImplantationRadiographySurgery, Computer-Assisted

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