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Stenting for a symptomatic posterior cerebral artery stenosis
Author(s) -
Xu Gelin,
Zheng Ling,
Zhou Zhiming,
Liu Xinfeng
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.21917
Subject(s) - medicine , stenosis , angioplasty , posterior cerebral artery , radiology , middle cerebral artery , cardiology , surgery , ischemia
Evolvement of endovascular devices and increase of operator expertise have made angioplasty and stenting in intracranial vessels technically possible. Stenting has been reported in treating stenosis in middle and anterior cerebral arteries with favorable outcomes. However, the feasibility of stenting for stenosis in posterior cerebral artery (PCA) has not been established. We report a patient with progressive focal cerebral ischemic symptoms, which were arrested after reconstruction of the associated PCA stenosis with stenting. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.