Importance Intracranial stenosis is one of the most common etiologies of stroke. To our
knowledge, no randomized clinical trials have compared balloon-expandable stent …

Importance Prior randomized trials have generally shown harm or no benefit of stenting
added to medical therapy for patients with symptomatic severe intracranial atherosclerotic …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: There are a few reports regarding the outcome evaluation
of balloon-expandable intracranial stent placement (BEICS). The purpose of our study was …

Background Atherosclerotic intracranial arterial stenosis is an important cause of stroke that
is increasingly being treated with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stenting …

Background and Purpose—Although recent trials have suggested that stenting is worse than
medical therapy for patients with severe symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis, it …

Symptomatic intracranial stenoses are an important cause of stroke and have a high risk of
recurrent stroke with medical therapy. The Stenting and Aggressive Medical Management …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: On the basis of the high 1-month stroke and/or death
(14.7%) rates associated with stent placement in the Stenting versus Aggressive Medical …

Background: There are limited data on the relationship between patient and site
characteristics and clinical outcomes after intracranial stenting. Methods: We performed a …

Objective: To test whether symptomatic severe intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis was
associated with a higher subsequent stroke risk than moderate stenosis after elective …

Background—Antithrombotic therapy for intracranial arterial stenosis was recently evaluated
in the Warfarin versus Aspirin for Symptomatic Intracranial Disease (WASID) trial. A …