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Ischemic Stroke
Original research
Outcome of endovascular recanalization for intracranial in-stent restenosis
  1. Kaijiang Kang1,
  2. Feng Gao2,
  3. Dapeng Mo2,
  4. Ming Yang2,
  5. Yifan Liu2,
  6. Bo Yang2,
  7. Xing Chen3,
  8. Weibin Gu4,
  9. Guofeng Ma4,
  10. Xingquan Zhao1,
  11. Zhong-Rong Miao2,
  12. Ning Ma2
  1. 1 Department of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
  2. 2 Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
  3. 3 Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China
  4. 4 Department of Radiology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
  1. Correspondence to Dr Ning Ma, Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Beijing 100070, China; maning_03{at}hotmail.com

Abstract

Background and purpose In-stent restenosis (ISR) is one of the long-term adverse outcomes of endovascular angioplasty and stenting for symptomatic intracranial arterial stenosis. In this study, we try to evaluate the safety and efficacy of endovascular treatment for intracranial ISR.

Methods We retrospectively collected patients with intracranial ISR who underwent endovascular treatment from June 2012 to August 2019 at a high-volume stroke center. Successful recanalization was defined as ≤30% residual stenosis. Stroke, myocardial infarction, and death after stenting within 30 days were used to evaluate periprocedural safety. Recurrent stroke in the territory of the culprit vessel and re-ISR in patients with clinical and vascular imaging follow-up data were used to evaluate the long-term outcome.

Results 32 patients (59.6±7.2 years old) with ISR were recruited, including 22 patients (68.8%) treated with balloon dilatation, 8 patients (25%) with stenting, and 2 patients (6.3%) with failed procedures. Successful recanalization was achieved in 71.9% (23/32) of patients. There was no stroke, myocardial infarction or death within 30 days after the procedure. Recurrent stroke was found in 10.7% (3/28) of the patients, and re-ISR was found in 42.1% (8/19) of the patients. The re-ISR rate was lower in patients with stenting than in those with balloon dilatation (0% vs 57.1%, p=0.090), and in patients with successful recanalization than in those with unsuccessful recanalization (33.3% vs 75.0%, p=0.352), but with no statistically significant difference.

Conclusions The periprocedural safety of endovascular treatment for intracranial ISR may be acceptable, but the long-term rates of recurrent stroke and re-ISR remain at high levels.

  • atherosclerosis
  • stenosis
  • stroke
  • stent

https://doi.org/10.1136/neurintsurg-2019-015607

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors Study concept and design: KK, XZ, ZM and NM. Acquisition of clinical data: KM, FG, DM, YL, BY, WG and GM. Analysis and interpretation of data: KK, XZ, ZM and NM. Drafting of the manuscript: KK. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: XZ, Z-RM, NM, MY and XC. Statistical analysis: KK. XZ, Z-RM and NM contributed equally to the manuscript.

    • Funding This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Contract grant number: 2018YFC1312200 to XQZ), National Natural Science Foundation of China (Contract grant number: 81471390 to NM, 81371290 to ZRM) and Beijing Yangfan Plan (Contract grant number: XMLX201844 to NM).

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent for publication Not required.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.

    • Data availability statement The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.