Comparison of drug-eluting and bare metal stents for extracranial vertebral artery stenting

Damian R. Maciejewski,Piotr Pieniążek,Lukasz Tekieli,Piotr Paluszek,Tadeusz Przewłocki,Tomasz Tomaszewski,Roman Machnik,Mariusz Trystuła,Jacek Legutko,Anna Kabłak-Ziembicka

Comparison of drug-eluting and bare metal stents for extracranial vertebral artery stenting

2019

Damian R. Maciejewski
Piotr Pieniążek
Lukasz Tekieli
Piotr Paluszek
Tadeusz Przewłocki
Tomasz Tomaszewski
Roman Machnik
Mariusz Trystuła
Jacek Legutko
Anna Kabłak-Ziembicka

Introduction Drug-eluting stents of the first (DES I) and second generation (DES II) proved superior to bare metal stents (BMS) in the coronary territory. However, there are limited data on whether they have any advantage over BMS in vertebral artery stenosis (VAS).

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Vertebral artery
Radiology
Medicine
Drug
Nuclear medicine
Stent
Angioplasty
Bare-metal stent
Drug-eluting stent
Complication
bare metal

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