Focal ischemia of the brain after neuroprotected carotid artery stenting
Michael Schlüter, PhD*,
Thilo Tübler, MD*,
Johann C. Steffens, MD*,
Detlef G. Mathey, MD, FACC* and
Joachim Schofer, MD*,*
* Center for Cardiology and Vascular Intervention, Hamburg, Germany
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Figure 1 Magnetic resonance imaging scans showing three ischemic lesions (arrows in panels B and D) in adjacent tomographic layers of the left posterior midbrain in Patient #5 (Table 2, first intervention). Corresponding preinterventional MRI scans in panels A and C.
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Figure 2 Postinterventional magnetic resonance imaging scans in Patient #6 (Table 2) showing ischemic lesions (arrows) in several tomographic layers. The open arrows in panels B and C both denote the largest lesion found in this patient, which extends over two adjacent layers, 5 mm apart.
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