title: Cerebral angioplasty and stenting for intracranial vertebral atherosclerotic stenosis.
abstract: A 72-year-old man underwent cerebral angioplasty and stenting for a high-grade eccentric atherosclerotic stenosis (93%) of the right intracranial vertebral artery. The lesion was sufficiently and smoothly dilated very easily with the use of a highly flexible, balloon-expandable coronary stent. No complications occurred during or after the procedure. This therapeutic option may prove to be a safe and useful means to resolve an intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Kochi Medical School Hospital, Nankoku City, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kazita
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mori
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D006801:Humans; D002537:Intracranial Arteriosclerosis / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents; D014711:Vertebral Artery