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It was reported that the patient experienced stent thrombosis.An enroute transcarotid stent was selected for use in a left side transcarotid artery revascularization (tcar) procedure.Post procedure, the patient initially awoke agitated but was able to follow commands.Few hours later, she became unresponsive while in the post-anesthesia care unit (pacu).Subsequent imaging revealed thrombosis with minimal to no flow distal to the stent.The physician also reported that the patient experienced a middle cerebral artery (mca) stroke.A carotid endarterectomy (cea) was performed and the stent was explanted.
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