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cerebrovascular artery stent
Indications:
- carotid artery stenting
- carotid artery stenosis
- vertebral artery stenting
- vertebrobasilar insufficiency
Contraindications:
- stenting of intracranial artery stenosis is not recommended
- higher risk of stroke of death vs medical therapy [1]
- after 7 1/2 years, outcomes no different between intracranial stenting & guideline-compliant medical care [2]
Specific
carotid artery stenting (CAS)
vertebral artery stent
General
arterial stent
References
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 19
Board Basics. An Enhancement to MKSAP19.
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2022
- Luo J, Wang T, Yang K et al.
Endovascular therapy versus medical treatment for symptomatic intracranial
artery stenosis.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2023;2:CD013267.
PMID: 36738471
- Gao P, He X, Wang H et al.
Stenting versus medical therapy for symptomatic intracranial artery stenosis:
Long-term follow-up of a randomized trial.
Stroke 2025 May; 56:1128; [e-pub].
PMID: 40099362
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/STROKEAHA.124.049602