Endovascular stenting for carotid artery stenosis: results of local experience at Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi.

Objective: To evaluate the results, complications and initial follow-up of patients after percutaneous stent placement for carotid artery disease.

Methods: A retrospective study was carried out on patients treated with carotid artery stenting at the Radiology Department of Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, from September 2002 to December 2005. The patients were selected according to the institutional guidelines for Carotid Angioplasty and stenting.

Cerebral venous system anatomy.

Cerebral venous system can be divided into a superficial and a deep system. The. superficial system comprises of sagittal sinuses and cortical veins and these drain superficial surfaces of both cerebral hemispheres.