Role of Balloon-Expandable Stents in Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease in a Series of 182 Patients [Brief Reports]

Conclusions— Treatment of intracranial atherosclerotic disease with balloon-expandable intracranial stents is a safe and effective method with acceptable adverse events, especially in patients who failed medical therapy and were symptomatic despite being on optimum medical therapy.

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Source: Stroke - June 24, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Alurkar, A., Karanam, L. S. P., Oak, S., Nayak, S., Sorte, S. Tags: Angiography, Angioplasty and Stenting, Other Stroke Brief Reports Source Type: research