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Letter To The Editor

Vertebral artery stenting utilizing distal embolic protection with filter wire and a drug‐eluting Taxus stent

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Pages 235-237 | Received 19 Dec 2005, Accepted 12 Jun 2006, Published online: 10 Jul 2009

Figures & data

Figure 1 Selective‘roadmap’ angiogram before the percutaneous intervention showing a critical ostial lesion in the dominant right vertebral artery.

Figure 1 Selective‘roadmap’ angiogram before the percutaneous intervention showing a critical ostial lesion in the dominant right vertebral artery.

Figure 2 Vertebral angiogram showing the Boston Scientific FilterWire deployed and the Taxus stent being positioned before deployment.

Figure 2 Vertebral angiogram showing the Boston Scientific FilterWire deployed and the Taxus stent being positioned before deployment.

Figure 3 Vertebral angiogram immediately after stenting of the ostial lesion and retrieval of the FilterWire showing the final angiographic result.

Figure 3 Vertebral angiogram immediately after stenting of the ostial lesion and retrieval of the FilterWire showing the final angiographic result.

Figure 4 Computed tomographic angiogram with three‐dimensional reconstruction image of the right vertebral artery performed six months after the percutaneous intervention showing patency of the right vertebral stent.

Figure 4 Computed tomographic angiogram with three‐dimensional reconstruction image of the right vertebral artery performed six months after the percutaneous intervention showing patency of the right vertebral stent.

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