The ACCF/AHA writing committee to create the 2011 Guideline on the Management of
Patients With Extracranial Carotid and Vertebral Artery Disease (ECVD) conducted a …

Background and Purpose—Extracranial vertebral artery stenosis (ECVAS) is common
among patients with ischemic stroke. Despite the limited knowledge of the natural history of …

Importance In-stent restenosis (ISR) is the primary reason for stroke recurrence after
intracranial stenting in patients who were treated with a standard bare-metal stent (BMS) …

Background: The Warfarin-Aspirin Symptomatic Intracranial Disease (WASID) trial showed
that patients with symptomatic 70% to 99% intracranial arterial stenosis are at particularly …

Background: Atherosclerotic stenosis of large intracranial arteries, especially the middle
cerebral artery (MCA), is a common cause of stroke in Chinese patients. We aimed to …

Background and Purpose—Angioplasty and stenting is increasingly being used for the
treatment of intracranial stenoses. Based on a literature search (01/1998 to 04/2008) we …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Wingspan is a self-expanding, microcatheter-delivered
microstent specifically designed for the treatment of symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic …

Intracranial endovascular cerebrovascular interventions treat cerebrovascular diseases by
use of minimally invasive intravascular techniques. This area of expertise has made …

When considered as an independent diagnosis separate from other cardiovascular
diseases, stroke is the third leading cause of death in developed nations and a leading …

The science of metric-based patient stratification for intravenous thrombolysis, revolutionized
by the landmark National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke trial, has …