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Severe symptomatic intracranial internal carotid artery stenosis treated with intracranial stenting: a single center study with 58 patients
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Interventional Radiology - Original Article
VOLUME: 22 ISSUE: 2
P: 178-183
March 2016

Severe symptomatic intracranial internal carotid artery stenosis treated with intracranial stenting: a single center study with 58 patients

Diagn Interv Radiol 2016;22(2):178-183
DOI: 10.5152/dir.2015.15191
Zi-Liang Wang 1
Bu-Lang Gao 2
Tian-Xiao Li 1
Dong-Yang Cai 1
Liang-Fu Zhu 1
Jiang-Yu Xue 1
Wei-Xing Bai 1
Zhao-Shuo Li 1
1. Stroke Center, Henan Provincial People’s Hospital, Zhengzhou University, Henan, China
2. Department of Medical Research, Shijiazhuang First Hospital, Hebei Medical University, Hebei, China
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Received Date: 15.05.2015
Accepted Date: 16.08.2015
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ABSTRACT

PURPOSE

We aimed to investigate the safety and effectiveness of intracranial stenting in a population with severe (≥70%) symptomatic intracranial internal carotid artery (ICA) atherosclerotic stenosis.

METHODS

Fifty-eight patients with severe intracranial ICA atherosclerotic stenosis were prospectively enrolled. The baseline data, cerebral angiography, success rate, perioperative complications, clinical and imaging follow-up were prospectively analyzed.

RESULTS

All patients had successful intracranial stenting (100%), and the mean degree of stenosis was improved from 84.3%±7.5% to 23.5%±5.1% after the stent procedure. During the 30-day perioperative period, only one patient (1.7%) had ischemic stroke. Seven patients (12.1%) had headache and dysphoria. Thirty-six patients (62.1%) had clinical follow-up for 6–68 months after stenting. Five female patients (13.9%) had ipsilateral stroke including one death, but no disabling stroke, while three other patients (8.3%) had ipsilateral temporary ischemic attack (TIA). The recurrent stroke rate was higher in patients presenting with stroke (4/17, 23.5%) than in patients presenting with TIA (1/19, 5.3%), with no statistical significance (P = 0.33). Thirteen patients (22.4%) had imaging follow-up of 5–12 months following stenting, five of whom (38.5%) had in-stent restenosis.

CONCLUSION

Intracranial stenting for patients with intracranial ICA atherosclerotic stenosis has a low perioperative stroke rate and decent outcome on long-term follow-up, despite a relatively high in-stent restenosis rate.