Takayasu arteritis: use of drug-eluting stent and balloon to treat recurring carotid restenosis

J Invasive Cardiol. 2012 Sep;24(9):E190-2.

Abstract

Takayasu arteritis (TA) is an inflammatory disease affecting large and medium-sized arteries and causing occlusive, aneurysmal, or stenotic lesions. It is also known that with chronic course, the disease has a tendency to recur at either the same site or different. We report a patient with TA whose carotid stenosis was initially treated with bare metal stents but the patient suffered from recurring localized restenosis. Eventually, the patient was treated with (off-label) coronary drug-eluting stent and drug-eluting balloon with favorable long-term outcome. Therefore, we suggest that drug-eluting interventions might have a place in treatment of TA patients with recurring restenosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary
  • Coronary Restenosis / etiology
  • Coronary Restenosis / pathology
  • Coronary Restenosis / therapy*
  • Drug-Eluting Stents*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Recurrence
  • Takayasu Arteritis / complications*
  • Takayasu Arteritis / therapy
  • Treatment Outcome