Vertebral artery stenting to prevent recurrent stroke in symptomatic vertebral artery stenosis: the VIST RCT

Background: Symptomatic vertebral artery (VA) stenosis has been associated with a markedly increased early risk of recurrent stroke. VA stenosis can be treated with stenting; however, there are few data from randomised controlled trials evaluating the efficacy of this treatment, and recent studies i...

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Main Authors: Hugh S Markus, Susanna C Larsson, John Dennis, Wilhelm Kuker, Ursula G Schulz, Ian Ford, Andrew Clifton, Peter M Rothwell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: NIHR Journals Library 2019-08-01
Series:Health Technology Assessment
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3310/hta23410