The use of stents in the management of neurovascular disease: a review of historical and present status.
In the mid-1960s, radiologists began experimenting with stents for use in the peripheral vasculature in the hope of treating vascular insufficiency resulting from vessel stenosis in a nonsurgical manner. The 1990s saw stents move into the neurovascular arena for the management of a variety of disease processes, including arterial and venous sinus stenosis, arterial dissection, arterial aneurysms, and arteriovenous fistulae. This article reviews the current status of stenting in regard to the management of neurovascular maladies.
Horowitz
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Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pennsylvania 15213-2582, USA. horowitz@neuronet.pitt.edu
Purdy
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D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000639:trends*; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000098:blood supply; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D015607:Stents / Q000639:trends*