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Symptomatic intracranial involvement of vertebral and basilar arteries by atherosclerosis is not accessible to surgical treatment. We report a case of major basilar artery stricture responsible for haemodynamic strokes treated successfully by percutaneous dilatation.
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Houdart, E., Ricolfi, F., Brugiéres, P. et al. Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of atherosclerotic basilar artery stenosis. Neuroradiology 38, 383–385 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00596597
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