PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Chun-Xia Luo
AU  - Lu-Xiang Chi
AU  - Wen-Hui Fan
AU  - Kang-Ning Chen
TI  - Successful treatment of severe stenosis of the posterior cerebral artery with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stenting
DP  - 2010 Oct 01
TA  - Neurosciences Journal
PG  - 272--274
VI  - 15
IP  - 4
4099  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/15/4/272.short
4100  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/15/4/272.full
SO  - Neurosciences (Riyadh)2010 Oct 01; 15
AB  - Cerebral arterial stenosis is a major cause of stroke and of insufficient blood supply to the vertebral basilar system. Percutaneous transluminal cerebral angioplasty and stenting (PTCAS) have been used to preliminarily treat vertebrobasilar stenosis. However, the feasibility to treat the posterior cerebral arterial stenosis by PTCAS has not been fully established. We report a case of a 64-year-old man with a severe stenosis of the posterior cerebral artery that was treated successfully using a PTCAS procedure.