Angioplasty and stenting of symptomatic vertebral artery stenosis: Clinical and angiographic follow-up of 206 cases from Northwest Iran

Neuroradiology Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 454-463

  Mohammadian, Reza ^a   Sharifipour, E ^a   Mansourizadeh, R ^b   Sohrabi, B ^c   Nayebi, A R ^b   Haririan, S ^b   Farhoudi, M ^a   Charsouei, S ^a   Najmi, S ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Alinasab Hospital   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Angiographic follow up; Clinical follow up; Clinical success rate; Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty; Procedural success rate; Stent implant; Symptomatic vertebral artery stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARE METAL STENT; BRADYCARDIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESTENOSIS; SAFETY; SELF EXPANDING STENT; STENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

EID: 84884711401     PISSN: 19714009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/197140091302600410     Document Type: Article

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