BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) for
significant stenosis involving the origin of the vertebral artery is now a well established …

✓ The authors report initial results and follow up using stent placement to treat
atherosclerotic stenosis in vertebral arteries. Three patients with severe atherosclerotic …

Objectives: To report a single centre ongoing experience of endovascular treatment for
atherosclerotic vertebral artery origin stenosis in a series of symptomatic patients, with follow …

BACKGROUND:: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of stent angioplasty in the treatment of
symptomatic arteriosclerotic stenoses of the proximal vertebral artery (VA). METHODS …

Percutaneous angioplasty and stent placement seem a useful technique for the treatment of
vertebro-basilar insufficiency and the first treatment to be proposed. This technique appears …

BACKGROUND: Atherosclerotic occlusive disease of the proximal vertebral artery is an
important cause of cerebrovascular ischemic events with a significant associated morbidity …

A 72-year-old man underwent cerebral angioplasty and stenting for a high-grade eccentric
atherosclerotic stenosis (93%) of the right intracranial vertebral artery. The lesion was …

Introduction We assessed the long-term follow-up examinations and complications of
percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stenting (PTAS) for symptomatic ostial vertebral …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: When medication fails to improve symptoms of
atherosclerotic stenosis of the intracranial vertebral and basilar arteries, percutaneous …

Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) of the proximal vertebral artery was performed
in 13 patients with stenosis of the proximal vertebral arteries. All of these patients had …