Table 1.

Summary of 18 cases of angioplasty and stenting for intracranial vertebrobasilar atherosclerotic stenosis and occlusion

Age/sex	Lesion	Presentation	% stenosis pre →post		Procedure	Complications
61/M	BA stenosis	VBI	90%	50%	PTA	(-)
71/M	BA stenosis	infarct	80%	10%	PTA	(-)
74/F	BA stenosis	VBI	90%	10%	PTA	(-)
61/F	BA stenosis	infarct	70%	50%	PTA	(-)
67/M	BA stenosis	infarct	90%	10%	Stenting	(-)
57/F	BA stenosis	infarct	80%	10%	Stenting	(-) rest
66/M	VA stenosis	VBI	80%	60%	PTA	(-)
55/M	VA stenosis	VBI	70%	0%	PTA	(-)
57/M	VA stenosis	infarct	90%	50%	PTA	(-) rest
62/M	VA stenosis	TIA	60%	30%	PTA	(-)
55/M	VA stenosis	TIA	70%	0%	PTA	(-)
54/M	VA stenosis	TIA	60%	0%	PTA	(-)
60/M	VA stenosis	VBI	70%	33%	PTA	(-)
68/M	VA stenosis	VBI	70%	0%	Stenting	(-)
77/F	VA stenosis	VBI	90%	0%	Stenting	haemorrhage
58/M	VA stenosis	infarct	95%	10%	Stenting	(-)
65/M	VA stenosis	infarct	100%	0%	Stenting	(-) reoccl.
57/M	VA stenosis	infarct	100%	40%	Stenting	(-) rest.
rest.: restenosis - reoccl./ reocclusion - VBI: vertebrobasilar insufficiency