Angioplastia sobre arteria variante proatlantoidea

espanolSe presenta el caso de un paciente con clinica sugestiva de isquemia vertebro-basilar en el que las ruebas complementarias demuestran trombosis de ambas arterias carotidas internas y presencia de una arteria vertebral hipopasica y otra que se origina de la carotida externa ipsilateral (variante proatlantoidea) con una estenosis importante. Se practico tratamiento endovascular con angioplastia y stents coronarios sobre la arteria variante obteniendose resultado satisfactorio. EnglishIt is reported the case of one patient with symptoms of ischemia vertebro-basilar and complementary test showing thrombosis of both internal carotid arteries, one hypoplasic vertebral artery and the other starting from ipsilateral external carotid (proatlantal artery)with an important stenoses. Endovascular treatment on the variant artery with angioplasty and coronary stent was performed reaching a satisfactory result.