TY - JOUR T1 - Optical coherence tomography of the intracranial vasculature and Wingspan stent in a patient JF - Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery JO - J NeuroIntervent Surg SP - e22 LP - e22 DO - 10.1136/neurintsurg-2014-011114.rep VL - 7 IS - 6 AU - Curtis Alden Given II AU - Christian Norman Ramsey III AU - Guilherme Ferragut Attizzani AU - Michael R Jones AU - William H Brooks AU - Hiram G Bezerra AU - Marco A Costa Y1 - 2015/06/01 UR - http://jnis.bmj.com/content/7/6/e22.abstract N2 - A 67-year-old man with medically refractory vertebrobasilar insufficiency and short segment occlusions of the intracranial vertebral arteries was treated with angioplasty and stent placement. Fifteen hours after the procedure the patient developed symptoms of posterior fossa ischemia and repeat angiography showed thrombus formation within the stent which was treated with thrombolytic and aggressive antiplatelet therapy. Angiography revealed lysis of the clot, but concerns regarding the mechanism of the thrombotic phenomenon prompted frequency-domain optical coherence tomography (FDOCT) assessment. FDOCT provided excellent visualization of the stent and vessel wall interactions, as well as excluding residual flow-limiting stenosis, obviating the need for further intervention. The potential utility of FDOCT in the evaluation of intracranial atherosclerotic disease and additional intracranial applications are discussed. ER -