It was reported that during a transcarotid artery revascularization (tcar) procedure, after enroute stent deployment and post-dilation with a 5 x 20 percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (pta) balloon catheter, completion angiogram revealed a dissection in the left internal carotid artery (ica) leading to contrast leak or extravasation into soft tissue of the neck.An unplanned additional stent was placed to cover the dissection.The procedure was completed, and no further complications were reported.
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