Intracranial artery angioplasty utilizing coronary stent is now widely tried as an effective alternative for treating intracranial artery stenosis, and several successful result of stent-assisted angioplasty for intracranial artery were reported.
Authors experienced a case of the basilar artery stenosis, in which re-stenosis progressed rapidly after simple balloon angioplasty and resulted in vessel rupture during stent-assisted angioplasty. Pathological result achieved by autopsy showed vessel wall disruption at the stent and multiple interruptions and defect of elastic laminar.
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