title: Successful cerebral artery stent placement for total occlusion of the vertebrobasilar artery in a patient suffering from acute stroke. Case report.
abstract: A 64-year-old man suffering from crescendo brainstem symptoms due to acute total occlusion of the vertebrobasilar artery was successfully treated by cerebral artery stent placement. The total occlusion of a long segment of the vertebrobasilar artery was completely recanalized by implanting two flexible, balloon-expandable coronary stents. The patient's clinical outcome 30 days later was favorable. No complications occurred during or after the procedure. This therapeutic option may prove to be a useful means to revascularize an acute total occlusion of the vertebrobasilar artery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Kochi Medical School Hospital, Nankoku, Japan. morit-koc@umin.ac.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kazita
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seike
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nojima
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mori
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014715:Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / Q000150:complications*