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A Novel, Self-Expanding, Nitinol Stent in Medically Refractory Intracranial Atherosclerotic Stenoses: The Wingspan Study Arani Bose, Marius Hartmann, Hans Henkes, Hon Man Liu, Michael M.H. Teng, Istvan Szikora, Ansgar Berlis, Jurgen Reul, Simon C.H. Yu, Michael Forsting, Matt Lui, Winston Lim and Siu Po Sit Stroke 2007;38;1531-1537; originally published online Mar 29, 2007; DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.106.477711
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A Novel, Self-Expanding, Nitinol Stent in Medically Refractory Intracranial Atherosclerotic Stenoses
The Wingspan Study
Arani Bose, MD; Marius Hartmann, MD, PhD; Hans Henkes, MD; Hon Man Liu, MD; Michael M.H. Teng, MD; Istvan Szikora, MD; Ansgar Berlis, MD; Jurgen Reul, MD; Simon C.H. Yu, MD; Michael Forsting, MD; Matt Lui, MD; Winston Lim, MD; Siu Po Sit, PhD
Background and Purpose—The purpose of this study was to assess the safety and performance of the Wingspan stent system and Gateway percutaneous transluminal angioplasty balloon catheter in the treatment of high-grade, intracranial atherosclerotic lesions in patients who had failed medical therapy. Methods—In this prospective,