Utilization of self-expanding stents in the treatment of intracranial atherosclerotic disease in the distal small cerebral vessels

Neuroradiology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 659-663

  Turk, Aquilla S ^a   Ahmed, Azam ^a   Niemann, David B ^a   Aagaard Kienitz, Beverly ^a   Brooks, Nathaniel ^a   Levine, Ross L ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Intracranial stenosis; Stent

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN-STENT RESTENOSIS; LONG TERM CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MORTALITY; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VASCULAR PATENCY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STENTS;

EID: 34547402417     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-007-0229-x     Document Type: Article

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