cerebrovascular artery stent

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Indications

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]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36738471
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40099362 https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/STROKEAHA.124.049602