Periprocedural risk and long-term outcome of intracranial angioplasty based on a single-centre experience

Abstract

Our outcomes of the ballon angioplasty/stent placement for intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis are better than those in the SAMMPRIS study and compare favourably with those in large registries and observational studies.

Keywords

• intracranial stenosis
• angioplasty
• stenting
• periprocedural complications
• long-term outcome