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NEUROLOGY 2007;68:856-858
© 2007 American Academy of Neurology

Long-term outcome of elective stenting for symptomatic intracranial vertebrobasilar stenosis

W. J. Jiang, MD, X. T. Xu, MD, B. Du, MD, K. H. Dong, MD, M. Jin, MD, Q. H. Wang, MD and N. Ma, MD

From the Neurovascular Angioplasty Team, Departments of Neurology (K.H.D.), Interventional Neuroradiology (W.J.J., B.D., M.J.), and Neuroradiology (X.T.X., Q.H.W., N.M.), Beijing Tiantan Hospital, The Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Wei-Jian Jiang, Department of Neurology and Interventional Neuroradiology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, The Capital University of Medical Sciences, No. 6 Tiantan Xili, Beijing 100050, China; e-mail: cjr.jiangweijian{at}vip.163.com

Seventy-nine consecutive patients with symptomatic atherosclerotic stenosis ≥ 50% of intracranial vertebrobasilar artery (VBA) were treated by elective stenting. There were five strokes within 30 days, and three strokes in the VBA territory after 30 days (mean of 812 days). The annual stroke rate in the VBA territory (including any stroke and death within 30 days) was 4.6%. At the last follow-up time, 73 patients were independent (modified Rankin scale grade ≤ 2). The outcome compares favorably with medical therapy.

Editorial, see page 805

This study is supported by The Ministry of Science and Technology of The People’s Republic of China and supervised by The Ministry of Health of The People’s Republic of China (2004BA714B-7).

Disclosure: The authors report no conflicts of interest.

Received August 3, 2006. Accepted in final form November 7, 2006.


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