Study Compares Outcomes for Stent vs Medications For Narrowed Artery Within the Brain
JAMA - Journal of the American Medical AssociationAmong patients with symptomatic intracranial arterial stenosis (narrowing of an artery inside the brain), the use of a balloon-expandable stent compared with medical therapy (clopidogrel and aspirin) resulted in an increased of stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA), according to a study in the March 24/31 issue of JAMA.