title: Endovascular treatment of basilar artery stenosis with drug-eluting stent: a case report and literature review.
abstract: Symptomatic basilar artery stenosis can be treated with stents. However, it still has limitations such as technical difficulty and restenosis. We describe a 61-year-old man with episodic vertigo and significant basilar artery stenosis, who was successfully treated with drug-eluting stent. At 6 month follow-up, cerebral angiography revealed patent basilar artery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Sang Hak
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jae Hun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Won-Heum
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Shim
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D001488:Basilar Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015607:Stents; D014715:Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents