Be careful out there. I'm not planning on putting inflexible metal stents into my flexible arteries. But I'm not medically trained and should never be listened to.
http://www.docguide.com/delayed-ischemic-stroke-due-stent-marker-band-occlusion-after-stent-assisted-coiling
Kawabata S, Imamura H, Suzuki K, Tani S, Adachi H, Sakai N; BMJ Case Reports
2017 (Nov 2017)
A
middle-aged patient with an internal carotid-posterior communicating
artery aneurysm and basilar artery tip aneurysm was treated by
stent-assisted coiling. One ischemic infarction and two transient
ischemic attacks occurred with the same symptoms (inability to walk
unassisted and tendency to fall to the left) during the first 2 years
post-treatment. The ischemic infarction was found in the right side of
the pons, consistent with the vascular territory of the stent-containing
vessel. The cause of the delayed ischemic stroke was investigated on
DSA and cone beam CT, which revealed that the proximal end of the stent,
one marker band, was just covering a small perforating artery of the
basilar artery trunk. The present case suggests that marker band
occlusion can induce delayed ischemic stroke. To prevent this
complication, it is important to evaluate the perforating vessels
preoperatively and carefully deploy a stent for the marker band to avoid
occlusion of large perforating vessels. Post-treatment evaluation is
also important because dual antiplatelet therapy will be required for a
longer period if an artery is occluded by a marker band.
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