Stenting of a symptomatic long-segment extracranial vertebral artery occlusion

作者：Gupta Rishi^*; Sivapatham Thinesh; Moskowitz Shaye I; Srivastava Sunita

来源：Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery, 2011, 3(1): 54-56.

DOI：10.1136/jnis.2009.002139

We present a 56-year-old man who presented with bilateral vertebral artery occlusions and recurrent transient ischemic attacks and strokes despite maximal medical therapy. A long-segment extracranial right vertebral occlusion was noted and successfully reconstructed with four drug-eluting stents. The patient has been symptom free for 3 months and does not exhibit restenosis on follow-up angiography. Stenting and angioplasty of a long-segment vertebral artery occlusion is technically feasible in select cases.

• 出版日期2011-3