ArticleAJNR. American journal of neuroradiology2005
Stent-assisted angioplasty of intracranial vertebrobasilar atherosclerosis: midterm analysis of clinical and radiologic predictors of neurological morbidity and mortality.
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- Angioplasty for intracranial artery stenosis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2006Pooled it
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- Clinical Relevance of Plaque Distribution for Basilar Artery Stenosis.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2023Article
- Stenting for intracranial stenosis: potential future for the prevention of disabling or fatal stroke.Stroke and vascular neurology · 2018Review
- The experiences of balloon-expandable stent in symptomatic stenosis of middle cerebral artery.SpringerPlus · 2016Article
- Symptom differences and pretreatment asymptomatic interval affect outcomes of stenting for intracranial atherosclerotic disease.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2014Article
- [Recent studies on intracranial stenosis].Der Radiologe · 2012Article
- Stenting versus aggressive medical therapy for intracranial arterial stenosis: more harm than good.Critical care (London, England) · 2012Article
- Wingspan stents for the treatment of symptomatic atherosclerotic stenosis in small intracranial vessels: safety and efficacy evaluation.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2012Article
- Current management of symptomatic intracranial stenosis.Current atherosclerosis reports · 2011Review
- Treatment of symptomatic high-grade intracranial stenoses with the balloon-expandable Pharos stent: initial experience.Neuroradiology · 2008Article
- Endovascular therapy of symptomatic intracranial stenosis in patients with impaired regional cerebral blood flow or failure of medical therapy.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2008Article
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Abstract
background and purposeInitial reports of stent-assisted angioplasty for intracranial vertebrobasilar atherosclerosis suggest this is a feasible treatment, but there have been little data regarding predictors of success or failure. We analyzed a series of patients for independent predictors of neurologic morbidity and mortality.
methodsPatient charts and angiograms from 39 patients who underwent intracranial angioplasty and stent placement of vertebrobasilar stenoses were retrospectively reviewed to obtain clinical and detailed angiographic data on potential predictors of neurologic morbidity and mortality. Univariate analyses of these predictors were performed with either Fisher's exact test or simple logistic regression. Multivariate analysis was subsequently performed on the statistically significant predictors.
resultsComplete clinical data were obtained for 39 patients, and angiographic review was possible for 35 of them. Angiography revealed severe intracranial vertebral (n = 18), basilar (n = 15), or basilar and vertebral (n = 2) stenoses. Two patients (5.1%) died in the periprocedural period, nine patients (23.1%) had neurologic complications, and one patient (2.6%) had transient neurologic symptoms. Univariate analysis revealed female sex, diabetes, and failure of coumadin or heparin therapy were associated with neurologic morbidity, whereas female sex, Mori B lesion, and length-to-stenosis ratio were associated with mortality. The presence of diabetes was the only independent predictor of neurologic morbidity and mortality.
conclusionBecause of the limited number of patients available for analysis, the only independent predictor of neurologic morbidity and mortality was diabetes, but several other predictors showed trends that deserve further review in future series.
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