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Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty with Stent Placement versus Best Medical Therapy Alone in Symptomatic Intracranial Arterial Stenosis: A Best Evidence Review

Intracranial arterial stenosis (ICAS) is a common cause of stroke, and the risk of ischemic stroke from a stenotic intracranial artery remains high despite best medical therapy (BMT). As a result, clinicians have increasingly turned to percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stenting (PTAS) over t...

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Autores principales: Padalia, Arjun, Sambursky, Jacob A, Skinner, Colby, Moureiden, Mouwafak
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6207274/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30397562
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2988