Stenting of symptomatic stenosis of the intracranial internal carotid artery

Percutaneous balloon angioplasty has been reported to be useful in the trea tment of intracranial atherosclerotic arterial stenoses; however, arterial dissection with increased risk of stroke has limited its widespread impleme ntation. Although vascular stenting has improved the outcome of similar pro cedures in the extracranial vasculature, its intracranial application has b een limited by the lack of suitable stents, We report a case of successful percutaneous stenting of a symptomatic intracranial carotid artery using a second-generation, flexible, coronary stent.