Abstract
Background: Radiation therapy may accelerate atherosclerosis with progressive stenosis and occlusions of supra-aortic trunks.Methods and Results: We report the case of a 44-year-old woman with radiation-induced occlusion of the supra-aortic trunks presenting with recurrent cerebrovascular insufficiency after an unusual surgical revascularization technique (retrograde femoral-axillary bypass) performed for late failure of previous endovascular treatment.Conclusions: Customized surgical procedure can be considered as a bailout to improve cerebral blood inflow in selected cases.
| Lingua originale | Inglese |
|---|---|
| pagine (da-a) | E4-E4 |
| Rivista | Annals of Vascular Surgery |
| Volume | 57 |
| Numero di pubblicazione | n.d |
| DOI | |
| Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2019 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Chirurgia
- Cardiologia e Medicina Cardiovascolare
Keywords
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