title: Complications of angioplasty and stenting of cervicocerebral arteries in Iran.
abstract: Angioplasty and stenting of the cervicocerebral arteries is a novel treatment for atherosclerotic stenosis, which has periprocedural complications. Data were collected prospectively from 2007 to 2009 in a multicenter cohort of patients undergoing interventions for cervicocerebral stenosis. Retrospective assessment of the 2003-2006 archives of the same interventionists and a review of their published work is the second part of this national survey. In 592 extracranial internal carotid artery angioplasty and stenting procedures in 581 patients (73% male; mean age, 63.4 + or - 7 years), transient ischemic attack, stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, and death occurred in 1.7%, 1.7%, 0.34%, and 1.52%, respectively. In 114 extracranial vertebral artery angioplasty and stenting procedures in 110 patients (68% male; mean age, 65.3 + or - 6 years), transient ischemic attack and stroke each developed in 1 (0.92%) patient, but there was no intracerebral hemorrhage or death. In 70 intracranial angioplasty and stenting procedures in 67 patients (76% male; mean age, 68.5 + or - 8 years), transient ischemic attack, stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, and death were observed in 1.4%, 8.6%, 1.4%, and 2.9%, respectively. The frequency of periprocedural complications in angioplasty and stenting of cervicocerebral arteries by our neurointerventionists was similar to that in developed countries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Ghaem Hospital, Ahmadabad Street, PO Box 91766-99199, Mashhad, Iran. kavianghandehari@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Kavian
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ghandehari
authors.forename: Keyvan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Edraki
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karimi
authors.forename: Asgar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghorbani
authors.forename: Afshin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Borhani Haghighi
authors.forename: Mahmood
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shabestari
mesh_terms: D017130:Angioplasty / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000601:surgery; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000601:surgery; D002539:Cerebral Arterial Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000601:surgery*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002537:Intracranial Arteriosclerosis / Q000601:surgery; D020300:Intracranial Hemorrhages / Q000209:etiology; D007492:Iran; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome