It was reported that during a transcarotid artery revascularization (tcar) procedure on an (b)(6) symptomatic patient; a dissection occurred in the right internal carotid artery (rica).The dissection occurred possibly at arterial sheath insertion, as it wasn't observed previously.It was reported there was some resistance upon introduction of the arterial sheath.An attempt was made to wire the true lumen, which was unsuccessful.The decision was made to convert to carotid endarterectomy (cea).Upon viewing the angiographic imaging, it was felt that the vessel had significant tortuousity in which cea would be more amenable as opposed to stenting.For that reason, no further efforts were made to either re-puncture or try to find the true lumen.Patient is neuro intact with no adverse events.No additional details were provided.
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