Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8653232 | Annals of Vascular Surgery | 2018 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Patients with previous surgery of the carotids or significant stenosis are not included in the study populations of baroreceptor activation therapy (BAT). In this case report about a 78-year-old woman with implantation of a BAT system 2Â decades after bilateral thromboendarterectomy, control of hypertensive dysregulation could be observed even 20Â months after implantation. Successful modulation of the baroreceptors requires intact adventitial tissue near the carotid sinus. In our case with previous longitudinal incision and patch angioplasty, the nerval innervation had been preserved. After careful evaluation, patients with a history of carotid thromboendarterectomy might be considered for BAT.
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Authors
Christoph H. Blanke, Frank Willeke, Michael Buerke, Ibrahim A. Darwich,