Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of atherosclerotic basilar artery stenosis

Neuroradiology. 1996 May;38(4):383-5. doi: 10.1007/BF00596597.

Abstract

Symptomatic intracranial involvement of vertebral and basilar arteries by atherosclerosis is not accessible to surgical treatment. We report a case of major basilar artery stricture responsible for haemodynamic strokes treated successfully by percutaneous dilatation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Angioplasty, Balloon*
  • Basilar Artery* / pathology
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Cerebral Infarction / diagnosis
  • Cerebral Infarction / therapy
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Arteriosclerosis / diagnosis
  • Intracranial Arteriosclerosis / therapy*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Neurologic Examination
  • Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / diagnosis
  • Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / therapy*