Comparing the safety and effectiveness of overlapping stents with flow diverters for unruptured vertebral artery dissecting aneurysms
Hyung Jun Kim,
Na Rae Yang,
Tae Keun Jee
et al.
Abstract:BackgroundEndovascular treatment for vertebral artery dissecting aneurysms (VADAs) includes overlapping stents and flow diverters. This study compared the safety and effectiveness of overlapping stents and flow diverters for unruptured VADAs.MethodsWe retrospectively enrolled patients with unruptured VADAs who underwent overlapping stents or flow diverters at two tertiary hospitals in South Korea. The primary clinical outcome was the occurrence of stroke. The primary angiographic outcomes (>12 months) were … Show more
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