Current concepts in the management of intracranial atherosclerotic disease.

Abstract

Medically refractory, symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic disease has a poor prognosis. Based on the results of the Warfarin-Aspirin Symptomatic Intracranial Disease study, the risk of ipsilateral stroke at 1.8 years is between 13 and 14% in patients with symptomatic intracranial atherosclerosis. Synergistic advances in intracranial angioplasty and stenting, modern neuroimaging techniques, and periprocedural and postprocedural antithrombotic regimens are creating new models for the diagnosis and successful endovascular treatment of intracranial stenosis. In this article, the most recent clinical developments and concepts for the diagnosis and endovascular treatment of intracranial atherosclerotic disease are discussed.

• Authors: Robert D Ecker, Elad I Levy, Eric Sauvageau, Ricardo A Hanel, L Nelson Hopkins
• Journal: Neurosurgery (Neurosurgery) Vol. 59 Issue 5 Suppl 3 Pg. S210-8; discussion S3-13 (Nov 2006) ISSN: 1524-4040 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 17053605 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)

Chemical References

• Anticoagulants
• Fibrinolytic Agents

Topics

• Angioplasty (trends)
• Anticoagulants (therapeutic use)
• Atherosclerosis (diagnosis, therapy)
• Blood Vessel Prosthesis
• Carotid Artery Diseases (diagnosis, therapy)
• Fibrinolytic Agents (therapeutic use)
• Humans
• Neurosurgical Procedures (trends)
• Practice Guidelines as Topic
• Practice Patterns, Physicians' (trends)
• Stents
• Treatment Outcome
• Vascular Surgical Procedures (trends)