OBJECTIVE: Our objective is to describe the use of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty in eight patients with symptomatic high-grade atherosclerotic intracranial internal carotid artery stenoses. We describe our technique for performing the procedure and clinical and radiographic follow-up for an average of 53 months to determine the long-term results. CONCLUSION: Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty was shown to be an efficacious treatment for symptomatic intracranial internal carotid artery atherosclerotic disease in our group of patients.
OBJECTIVE: Our objective is to describe the use of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty in eight patients with symptomatic high-grade atherosclerotic intracranial internal carotid artery stenoses. We describe our technique for performing the procedure and clinical and radiographic follow-up for an average of 53 months to determine the long-term results. CONCLUSION: Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty was shown to be an efficacious treatment for symptomatic intracranial internal carotid artery atherosclerotic disease in our group of patients.
Authors: H J Jaeger; K D Mathias; R Drescher; E Hauth; G Bockisch; E Demirel; H M Gissler Journal: AJNR Am J Neuroradiol Date: 2001-08 Impact factor: 3.825
Authors: Randall T Higashida; Philip M Meyers; John J Connors; David Sacks; Charles M Strother; John D Barr; Joan C Wojak; Gary R Duckwiler Journal: AJNR Am J Neuroradiol Date: 2005-10 Impact factor: 3.825
Authors: J C Wojak; D C Dunlap; K R Hargrave; L A DeAlvare; H S Culbertson; J J Connors Journal: AJNR Am J Neuroradiol Date: 2006-10 Impact factor: 3.825