Endovascular Therapy of Symptomatic Intracranial Stenosis in Patients With Impaired Regional Cerebral Blood Flow or Failure of Medical Therapy

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Symptomatic intracranial stenoses have a high risk for a recurrent stroke if treated medically. Although angioplasty and stent placement are proposed treatment options, data on longer-term outcome are limited. Materials and METHODS:We analyzed all endovascular procedures on symptomatic intracranial stenosis at our institution from January 1998 to December 2005. We retrospectively assigned patients to group A...