title: Angioplasty and Stenting for Intracranial Stenosis.
abstract: Of the patients enrolled in the Japanese Registry of Neuroendovascular Therapy (JR-NET), a surveillance study in Japanese, 1133 patients who underwent intracranial percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA)/stenting for intracranial stenosis during the period from 2005 to 2009 were investigated. A technical success was achieved in 98.3% of the patients, and 70.5% and 7.5% had a residual stenosis of <30% and ≥50%, respectively. The incidence of ischemic complications and hemorrhagic complications was as low as 7.7% and 2.5%, respectively, but tended to increase in patients who underwent stenting. While a significant correlation with ischemic complications was observed in previously untreated patients and patients who underwent stenting followed by post-dilatation, a significant correlation with hemorrhagic complications was observed in patients who received emergency treatment and those treated between 24 hours and 14 days of the onset. Flexible intracranial stents are expected to contribute to improvement in the treatment outcome.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Izumi
authors.forename: Hirotoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Imamura
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyachi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017130:Angioplasty; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D044583:Neuroendoscopy; D012042:Registries; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult