A systematic review of stenting and angioplasty of symptomatic extracranial vertebral artery stenosis

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2212-2216

  Stayman, Aaron N ^a   Nogueira, Raul G ^b   Gupta, Rishi ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

extracranial vertebral artery stenosis; stents

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPLASTY; BARE METAL STENT; BASILAR ARTERY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CORONARY STENT; DRUG ELUTING STENT; EXTRACRANIAL VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IN-STENT RESTENOSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

ANGIOPLASTY; HUMANS; STENTS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 79961209366     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.611459     Document Type: Review

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