Endovascular treatment of basilar artery stenosis with drug-eluting stent: a case report and literature review.
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.
Lee
Sang Hak
SH
Department of Internal Medicine, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Jung
Jae Hun
JH
Shim
Won-Heum
WH
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*
D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents