Management strategies in posterior circulation intracranial atherosclerotic disease

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 308-313

  Povedano, Guillermo ^a   Zuberbuhler, Paz ^a   Lylyk, Pedro ^a   Ameriso, Sebastian F ^a  

^a FLENI   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Atherosclerotic disease; Basilar artery; Cerebellar artery; Endovascular treatment; Intracranial stenosis; Outcome; Stent; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC INTRACRANIAL VESSEL STENOSIS; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; STENOSIS; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; ARGENTINA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; HEMORRHAGE; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STENT; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ARGENTINA; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956331588     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: 15451550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/09-2975.1     Document Type: Article

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