Intracranial angioplasty and stenting for cerebral atherosclerosis: a position statement of the American Society of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology, Society of Interventional Radiology, and the American Society of Neuroradiology.

From the Departments of Radiology, Neurology, Neurological Surgery, and Anesthesiology Neurointerventional Radiology Division (R.T.H.), University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, California; Departments of Radiology and Neurological Surgery Neuroendovascular Service (P.M.M.), Columbia University Medical Center, 710 West 168 Street, Rm 404, New York, NY 10032; Interventional Neuroradiology Division (J.J.C.), Baptist Hospital of Miami, Miami, Florida; Department of Radiology (D.S.), Reading Hospital and Medical Center, West Reading, Pennsylvania; Department of Radiology and Division of Interventional Neuroradiology (C.M.S.), Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas; Interventional Neuroradiology (J.D.B), Baptist Memorial Hospitals, Memphis, Tennessee; Interventional Neuroradiology (J.C.W.), Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, Lafayette, Louisiana; Department of Radiology and Division of Endovascular Neuroradiology (G.R.D.), University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. Address correspondence to P.M.M., Departments of Radiology and Neurological Surgery Neuroendovascular Service, Columbia University Medical Center, 710 West 168th Street, Rm 404, New York, NY 10032.

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