Angioplasty and Stenting of a Symptomatic Stenotic Basilar Artery
From Camilo R. Gomez et al. Stroke 2000;31:95-9 On carotid stenting
From a stenotic basilar artery... ...to a basilar artery of a normal caliber. In 7 not-so-easy steps (A-G)

A, Anteroposterior angiographic view of the stenotic lesion of the basilar artery (arrow)

 B, Microwire across the lesion and anchored in the left posterior cerebral artery (arrow)
C, Predilation of the lesion with a coronary balloon (arrowheads) D, Image after predilation shows haziness of the dilated segment, with a small dissection (arrow) E, Undeployed stent is positioned at the site of the lesion with the use of the markers (arrows) F, Close-up view of the stent fully deployed (arrows)
G, Final anteroposterior view displays correction of the stenotic segment (arrow)