Dedicated drug-eluting stents versus bare-metal stents for vertebral artery origin stenosis: a real-world single-center experience
Rapamycin-eluting vertebral artery stents significantly reduced ISR rates compared to BMS in symptomatic severe VAOS, while maintaining comparable short- and mid-term safety. Stent fracture warrants further investigation as a potential modulator of ISR risk.
Authors
- Xinxiu Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9407-5905)
- Xiaoxin Sun
- Zhiyong Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9753-0873)
- Yanli Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8942-5325)
- Lei Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0273-6129)
- Rui Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8851-8562)
Institutions
- Beijing Geriatric Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Neurology
- Published
- 2025-10-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-025-04418-8
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.52