title: Anterior cerebral artery angioplasty for intracranial atherosclerosis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Angioplasty of the intracranial vasculature has been well described for the middle cerebral artery and carotid terminus, primarily in the setting of vasospasm following subarachnoid hemorrhage. Endovascular therapy for anterior cerebral artery stenosis has not heretofore been described.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of A1 segment angioplasty in a 77 year old man with presumed intracranial atherosclerosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The proximal anterior cerebral artery serves the anterior caudate and lenticular nuclei; blockade produces motor symptoms. The anterior cerebral artery is smaller than the middle, making angioplasty more difficult. Anatomical variants are common.
authors.affiliation: Zeenat Qureshi Stroke Research Center, Department of Neurology and Neurosciences, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
authors.forename: Nazli
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Janjua
authors.forename: Afshin A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Divani
authors.forename: Adnan I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Qureshi