Our goal in this review is to discuss the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of stroke
caused by atherosclerosis of the major intracranial arteries. References for the review were …

Intracranial atherosclerosis is one of the most common causes of stroke worldwide and is
associated with a high risk of recurrent stroke. New therapeutic approaches to treat this high …

Importance Prior randomized trials have generally shown harm or no benefit of stenting
added to medical therapy for patients with symptomatic severe intracranial atherosclerotic …

Purpose To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Pipeline Embolization Device (PED;
ev3/Covidien, Irvine, Calif) in the treatment of complex intracranial aneurysms. Materials and …

Background Atherosclerotic intracranial arterial stenosis is an important cause of stroke.
Warfarin is commonly used in preference to aspirin for this disorder, but these therapies …

Background Early results of the Stenting and Aggressive Medical Management for
Preventing Recurrent stroke in Intracranial Stenosis trial showed that, by 30 days, 33 (14 …

Background and Purpose—We aimed to establish the prevalence, characteristics, and
outcomes of intracranial atherosclerosis (ICAS) in China by a large, prospective, multicenter …

Importance Intracranial stenosis is one of the most common etiologies of stroke. To our
knowledge, no randomized clinical trials have compared balloon-expandable stent …

Background Preliminary clinical studies on the safety and efficacy of the pipeline
embolization device (PED) for the treatment of small/medium aneurysms have demonstrated …

Importance In-stent restenosis (ISR) is the primary reason for stroke recurrence after
intracranial stenting in patients who were treated with a standard bare-metal stent (BMS) …