Long-term outcome of symptomatic severe ostial vertebral artery stenosis (OVAS)

Neuroradiology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 371-379

  Karameshev, Alexander ^a,b   Schroth, Gerhard ^a   Mordasini, Pasquale ^a   Gralla, Jan ^a   Brekenfeld, Caspar ^a   Arnold, Marcel ^a   Mono, Marie Luise ^a   Mattle, Heinrich P ^a   Do, Do Dai ^a   Nedeltchev, Krassen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^c TRIEMLI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Long term; Ostial vertebral artery stenosis; Secondary prevention; Stenting

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIVITAMIN K; CLOPIDOGREL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; BARE METAL STENT; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG ELUTING STENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; OSTIAL VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RESTENOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STENT; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VASCULAR ACCESS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; BRAIN; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; RECURRENCE; RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STENTS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 77953539412     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-010-0662-0     Document Type: Article

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