Thirty-Day Outcome of a Multicenter Registry Study of Stenting for Symptomatic Intracranial Artery Stenosis in China [Clinical Sciences]

Conclusions—
The short-term safety and efficacy of endovascular stenting for patients with severe symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis in China is acceptable. Balloon-mounted stent may have lower degree of residual stenosis than self-expanding stent.

Clinical Trial Registration—
URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT01968122.

Source: Stroke - September 28, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Miao, Z., Zhang, Y., Shuai, J., Jiang, C., Zhu, Q., Chen, K., Liu, L., Li, B., Shi, X., Gao, L., Liu, Y., Wang, F., Li, Y., Liu, T., Zheng, H., Wang, Y., Wang, Y., the Study Group of Registry Study of Stenting for Symptomatic Intracranial Artery Stenosis Tags: Secondary prevention, Antiplatelets, Angioplasty and Stenting Clinical Sciences Source Type: research