title: Successful percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of the intracranial vertebral artery 1 month after total occlusion--case report.
abstract: A 51-year-old male suffering from recurrent cerebral ischemia due to total occlusion of the bilateral intracranial vertebral arteries more than 1 month old was successfully treated by percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA). The totally occluded portion from the right intracranial vertebral artery to the basilar artery was adequately dilated. Follow-up angiography approximately 3 months after angioplasty demonstrated no evidence of restenosis. His symptoms have not recurred. PTA is potentially a much less invasive and safer reconstruction than bypass surgery for total occlusions of the intracranial vertebral arteries less than 3 months old.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Kochi Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Honda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukuoka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kajita
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arisawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mori
mesh_terms: D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery*