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VAST: Vertebral Artery Stenting Trial. Protocol for a randomised safety and feasibility trial

BACKGROUND: Twenty to 30 percent of all transient ischaemic attacks and ischaemic strokes involve tissue supplied by the vertebrobasilar circulation. Atherosclerotic stenosis ≥ 50% in the vertebral artery accounts for vertebrobasilar stroke in at least one third of the patients. The risk of recurren...

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Autores principales: Compter, A, van der Worp, HB, Schonewille, WJ, Vos, JA, Algra, A, Lo, TH, Mali, WPThM, Moll, FL, Kappelle, LJ
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2611963/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19025615
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-9-65