Brain angioplasty may prevent strokes

Angioplasty—a technique in which a tiny balloon is inflated in a clogged artery to facilitate blood flow—works in the brain as well as the heart.

References:

Marks, M.P., et al. 1999. Outcome of angioplasty for atherosclerotic intracranial stenosis. Stroke 30(May):1065.

Further Readings:

Ahuja, A., L.R. Guterman, and L.N. Hopkins. 1992. Angioplasty for basilar artery atherosclerosis. Journal of Neurosurgery 77:941.

Tsai, F.Y., et al. 1994. Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty adjunct to thrombolysis for acute middle cerebral artery rathrombosis. American Journal of Neuroradiology 15:1823.

Sources:

Michael P. Marks
Stanford University Medical Center
Department of Radiology
300 Pasteur Drive
Room S-047
Stanford, CA 94305-5105

From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 25, June 19, 1999, p. 399. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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