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Off-Label Stent as a Rescue Option for Angulated Proximal Internal Carotid Artery Stenosis in Technically Unfeasible or Inoperable Patients

Ozdemir, Gokhan, Eren, Fettah, Ersoy, Ayse Nur, Dogruer, Begum Asena, Gultekin, Muhammet Mustafa, Ozturk, Leyla, Ongun, Gozde, Gundogdu, Omer Lutfi, Kocaturk, Idris, Kizildag, Nazim, Eren, Alper, Demirdogen, Filiz, Akcay, Halil Ibrahim, Donmez, Recep, Gorgulu, Umit, Unal, Nursen, Peynir, Sehrivan, Utku, Uygar, Keskin, Emrah, Ildiz, Omer Faruk, Guzel, Abdullah, Demirbas, Hayri

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Purpose To evaluate the feasibility, safety, and short-term outcomes of off-label stent use for extracranial internal carotid artery (ICA) revascularization in anatomically challenging patients. Methods We conducted a retrospective multicenter cohort study including all consecutive patients treated for extracranial internal carotid artery stenosis between 2017 and 2025 across several high-volume stroke centers. Patients underwent one of three revascularization strategies: carotid endarterectomy (CEA), conventional carotid artery stenting (CAS), or off-label intracranial stent deployment in patients where severe tortuosity, high-cervical anatomy, sharply angulated bulbs, or unfavorable access rendered CEA and standard CAS technically unfeasible. Clinical presentation, angiographic severity, technical success, 30 day mortality, restenosis >= 50% at 3 months, and functional outcome (modified Rankin Scale (mRS) <= 2) were recorded. Three-group comparisons were performed using ANOVA/Kruskal-Wallis and chi-square/Fisher's exact tests. Given the small, anatomically preselected off-label cohort and low event numbers, neither propensity score matching nor multivariable regression was feasible. Statistical significance was set at p < 0.05. Results A total of 1,522 patients underwent carotid revascularization (48 ACCLINO (R) stent, 1,274 CAS, 200 CEA). At baseline, pre-procedural near-occlusion or complete occlusion was significantly more common in the off-label group (68.8% [33/48]) compared with CAS (25.5% [325/1274]) and CEA (23.0% [46/200]) (p < 0.001). Symptomatic presentation was also highest in the off-label cohort (100% [48/48]) versus CAS (75.6% [963/1274]) and CEA (81.5% [163/200]) (p < 0.001). Acute ischemic stroke occurred in 25.0% (12/48), 7.8% (99/1274), and 6.0% (12/200) respectively (p < 0.001). Technical success was achieved in all off-label and CEA procedures and in 99.4% of CAS (p = 0.41). Thirty-day mortality did not differ significantly (6.3% vs. 2.7% vs. 3.0%; p = 0.17). At 3 months, restenosis >= 50% was comparable across groups (4.2% vs. 5.3% vs. 5.5%; p = 0.78). Functional independence (mRS <= 2) improved from 31.3 to 100% in the off-label cohort (p < 0.001), compared with 87.2% -> 96.5% in CAS and 82.0% -> 94.0% in CEA (all p < 0.001). Conclusions Off-label stenting may offer high technical feasibility, acceptable vessel patency, and meaningful functional recovery in patients with complex, surgically challenging proksimal ICA stenosis, suggesting that it could serve as a potential rescue option in carefully selected anatomically difficult patients.

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Carotid artery stenosis Carotid stenting Near-occlusion ACCLINO (R) stent Off-label use Tortuous anatomy Technical feasibility Ischemic stroke OCCLUSION

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Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging

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Dergi: CARDIOVASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY
Yıl: 2026
Cilt: 49
Sayı: 4
Sayfa: 789-799
ISSN: 0174-1551
eISSN: 1432-086X
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-025-04303-4
WoS UID: WOS:001650108200001

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