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- Title
O uso de stents farmacológicos no tratamento da estenose das artérias vertebrais.
- Authors
Wajnberg, Eduardo; Rodrigues, Gustavo; Abud, Daniel Giansante
- Abstract
Objective: To report the feasibility and safety of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty with paclitaxel-eluting stents for management of vertebral artery stenosis in 14 patients, after two-year follow-up. Materials and Methods: Fourteen patients with a mean age of 67.2 years were submitted to endovascular treatment with placement of paclitaxel-eluting stents. The primary objective of the present study was to evaluate the safety of the procedure. The clinical effectiveness was evaluated according to the rates of restenosis and recurrence of ischemic events. Results: The initial stenosis degree ranged from 50% to 99% (mean, 73.3% ± 10.9%). The rate of technical success achieved 100%. Neither complications directly related to the procedure nor recurrence of symptoms were observed after 24-month follow-up. The rate of intra-stent restenosis was 7.1%, although asymptomatic in all the cases. Conclusion: The present study suggests that vertebral artery angioplasty with paclitaxel-eluting stents is a feasible and promising technique in terms of safety and effectiveness in the prevention of recurrent ischemia and restenosis.
- Subjects
DRUG-eluting stents; VERTEBRAL artery; ARTERIAL stenosis treatment; ANGIOPLASTY; FOLLOW-up studies (Medicine); DISEASE relapse; ISCHEMIA; DISEASES
- Publication
Radiologia Brasileira, 2011, Vol 44, Issue 6, p343
- ISSN
0100-3984
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/S0100-39842011000600003