Treatment of symptomatic vertebrobasilar artery stenosis with stent-assistant angioplasty in the elderly

OBJECTIVE: To study the efficacy, safety, and feasibility of stent-assistant angioplasty (SAA) in the treatment of symptomatic vertebrobasilar artery stenosis in the elderly. METHODS: SAA was performed in 26 elderly patients with symptomatic vertebrobasilar artery stenosis. The success rate, periope...

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Main Authors: Yongxing Yan, Lizhen Liang, Tao Chen, Changyang Zhong, Peng Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Médica Brasileira 2012-08-01
Series:Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-42302012000400011