BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: We prospectively studied the incidence and natural history of Horner syndrome following stent-supported percutaneous angioplasty of the carotid artery (SPAC). We assessed the hypothesis that postinterventional Horner syndrome is related to ipsilateral carotid wall hematoma. METHODS: We performed duplex sonography of the carotid arteries and clinical examination in 28 consecutive patients before and 4 hours +/- 2, 24 hours +/- 2, and 7 days +/- 1 after SPAC. RESULTS: Within 24 hours +/- 2 after SPAC, 11 of the 28 patients developed ipsilateral Horner syndrome. Ten of these 11 patients had a postinterventional sonographic appearance of a carotid wall hematoma, whereas only two of the 17 patients without Horner syndrome had this finding (P
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: We prospectively studied the incidence and natural history of Horner syndrome following stent-supported percutaneous angioplasty of the carotid artery (SPAC). We assessed the hypothesis that postinterventional Horner syndrome is related to ipsilateral carotid wall hematoma. METHODS: We performed duplex sonography of the carotid arteries and clinical examination in 28 consecutive patients before and 4 hours +/- 2, 24 hours +/- 2, and 7 days +/- 1 after SPAC. RESULTS: Within 24 hours +/- 2 after SPAC, 11 of the 28 patients developed ipsilateral Horner syndrome. Ten of these 11 patients had a postinterventional sonographic appearance of a carotid wall hematoma, whereas only two of the 17 patients without Horner syndrome had this finding (P