Effect of a Balloon-Expandable Intracranial Stent vs Medical Therapy on Risk of Stroke in Patients With Symptomatic Intracranial Stenosis

O. Zaidat, Osama; Fitzsimmons, Brian‐Fred; Woodward, B; Wang, Zhigang; Killer‐Oberpfalzer, Monika; K. Wakhloo, Ajay; Gupta, Rishi; S. Kirshner, Howard; Thomas Megerian, J.; Lesko, J; Pitzer, Pamela; Ramos, Jandira; C. Castonguay, Alicia; L. Barnwell, Stanley; S. Smith, Wade; R. Gress, Daryl

doi:10.1001/jama.2015.1693

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Effect of a Balloon-Expandable Intracranial Stent vs Medical Therapy on Risk of Stroke in Patients With Symptomatic Intracranial Stenosis

Published in JAMA • Mar 24, 2015

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Osama O. Zaidat

Brian‐Fred Fitzsimmons

B Woodward

Abstract

IMPORTANCE: Intracranial stenosis is one of the most common etiologies of stroke. To our knowledge, no randomized clinical trials have compared balloon-expandable stent treatment with medical therapy in symptomatic intracranial arterial stenosis. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of the...

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Medicine

Modified Rankin Scale

Randomized controlled trial

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