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A case in which contrast-enhanced transoral carotid ultrasonography was useful for pre- and post-procedural evaluation in carotid artery stenting

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Contrast-enhanced transoral carotid ultrasonography (CETOCU) is a novel examination modality that is superior to other modalities in the cases of pseudo-occlusion with severe arteriosclerotic stenosis of the distal internal carotid artery (ICA), and is also useful for noninvasively evaluating changes over time in the vessel distal to the stent following carotid artery stenting (CAS). We report a case of a patient who we evaluated with CETOCU for a pseudo-occlusive ICA before and after CAS.

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  1. Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, 2-16-1, Sugao, Miyamae, Kawasaki, 216-8511, Japan

    Yuta Hagiwara, Takahiro Shimizu, Hana Ogura & Yasuhiro Hasegawa

  2. Department of Strokology, Stroke Center, St. Marianna University Toyoko Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan

    Tomohide Yoshie, Takayuki Fukano, Tatsuro Takada & Toshihiro Ueda

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  1. Yuta Hagiwara
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Correspondence to Yuta Hagiwara.

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Hagiwara, Y., Yoshie, T., Shimizu, T. et al. A case in which contrast-enhanced transoral carotid ultrasonography was useful for pre- and post-procedural evaluation in carotid artery stenting. J Med Ultrasonics 44, 207–210 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10396-016-0747-4

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