Intracranial angioplasty and thrombolysis.

With careful patient selection, timely neuroendovascular therapy can improve the clinical outcome of patients suffering from cerebrovascular ischemic disease. The current indications, techniques, recent experiences, limitations, and future directions of balloon angioplasty and local intra-arterial/intravenous thrombolysis in the treatment of intracranial vasospasm, atherosclerotic disease, thromboembolism, and dural sinus thrombosis are reviewed.