Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stenting of extracranial vertebral artery stenosis V Polydorou, I Henry, A Polydorou, M Henry, Ad Polydorou, J Stephanides, M Hugel,

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Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stenting of extracranial vertebral artery stenosis V Polydorou, I Henry, A Polydorou, M Henry, Ad Polydorou, J Stephanides, M Hugel,

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Introduction Sundt et al. reported the first successful treatment of a basilar artery stenosis by percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) in 1980.1 Since then a large number of centers have reported excellent clinical, angiographic, and hemodynamic improvement after treatment of extracranial and intracranial lesions2-15; and since the early 1990s, PTA has been more frequently used to treat stenoses of the vertebral artery.