title: [Endovascular stent-assisted angioplasty for atherosclerotic intracranial stenosis, a clinical analysis of 39 cases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the preliminary outcome of endovascular stent-assisted angioplasty for intracranial stenosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-nine patients with atherosclerotic intracranial stenosis (19 cases in posterior circulation and 20 in anterior circulation) were treated with endovascular angioplasty using balloon-expandable coronary stents. Follow-up was made for 4 - 24 months. The clinical manifestations were observed and CT, MR, or DSA were conducted before and after the operation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All of the stents were successfully implanted on the first procedure without procedural and periprocedural complications. The mean carotid artery stenosis rate was 73.5 +/- 6.7% before the procedure and 11.2 +/- 4.3% after the procedure. The patients were clinical asymptomatic and neurologically intact. Follow-up angiographies made in 29 patients revealed no restenosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  With effective short-term results and helpful in decreasing incidence of stroke, endovascular stenting is safe and feasible for treatment of intracranial stenosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.
authors.forename: Qing-hai
authors.initials: QH
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Jian-min
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Long
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Su-ju
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Ben-qiang
authors.initials: BQ
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Yong-wei
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017130:Angioplasty; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000628:therapy*; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents