Clinical and imaging findings, treatment mode, and follow-up results of patients with VBD
| Characteristics and Findings | Patient No. |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
| Sex | F | M | M | M | M | M | M | M | F |
| Age (yr) | 75 | 74 | 57 | 48 | 56 | 39 | 63 | 63 | 61 |
| Cerebrovascular risk factors | HPN | HPN + HU | HPN + HPL + PK | HPN + S | HPN + A | S + A | HPN | HPN | HPN |
| Symptoms | Acute headache | Ischemia | Ischemia | Acute headache | Acute headache | Ischemia | Ischemia | Chronic headache | Ischemia |
| Intraluminal thrombosis | Yes (MRI) | Possible (CT) | Yes (MRI) | None | Possible (CT) | None | Yes (MRI) | Yes (MRI) | Yes (MRI) |
| Involved anterior circulation | Yes | Yes | None | None | Yes | None | None | None | Yes |
| Predominant VA | Yes (R) | Yes (L) | Bilateral | Yes (L) | Yes (L) | Yes (L) | Yes (R) | Yes (R) | Bilateral |
| Treatment mode | 3 × LEO, 8 × coils, occlude L-VA l mo later | 3 × LEO | 6 × LEO, 7 × coils | 5 × LEO | 4 × LEO | 3 × LEO | 4 × LEO 1 × Solitaire | 2 × LEO | 4 × Solitaire, 2 × coils |
| mRS pre-op/post-op/FU (time, mo) | 1st: 4/3/3 (1 mo); 2nd: 3/4/5 (28 mo) | 3/2/5 (25 mo) | 3/3/3 (17 mo) | 1/1/0 (14 mo) | 2/2/2 (18 mo) | 3/3/Death (26 mo) | 4/4/Death (4 mo) | 1/1/0 (28 mo) | 1/1/1 (10 mo) |
| Angiography FU (mo) | 1 mo | 23 mo (MRA) | 8 mo (DSA) | 13 mo (DSA) | 8 days | 24 mo (CTA) | |||
Note:—HPN indicates hypertension; HU, hyperuricemia; HPL, hyperlipidemia; PK, polycystic kidney; S, smoking; A, alcohol; L, left; R, right; pre-op, pre-operation; post-op, immediately post-operation; FU, last follow-up after the operation.