Endovascular treatment of supra-aortic extracranial stenoses in patients with vertebrobasilar insufficiency symptoms.

Purpose: Stenoses and thromboses of vessels feeding the vertebrobasilar territory can evoke serious disturbances including ischemic stroke. We present our experience of endovascular interventions for patients with signs of vertebrobasilar insufficiency (VBI) resulted from subclavian, vertebral and brachiocephalic arterial stenoses.

Methods: Twenty-one patients (10 men) aged from 35 to 84 years (mean 64.