Use of coronary Palmaz-Schatz stent in the percutaneous treatment of vertebral artery stenoses.
A case of chronic vertebrobasilar insufficiency due to severe stenoses at the origins of both vertebral arteries was treated with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and coronary Palmaz-Schatz stents. Use of stents led to a better angiographic result than angioplasty alone. The patient is improved 8 mo later.
Feldman
R L
RL
Ocala Heart Institute, Florida, USA.
Rubin
J J
JJ
Kuykendall
R C
RC
D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014715:Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*