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Objective: To analyze the predictors of Wingspan in-stent restenosis (ISR) for the treatment of symptomatic intracranial arterial stenosis., Methods: Between January 2007 and November 2009, 42 patients with symptomatic intracranial arterial stenosis registered in Nanjing stroke registry program (NSRP) were treated with Wingspan stent system. Clinical and follow-up results were retrospectively analyzed. They were divided into the non-restenosis and restenosis groups according to their follow-up imaging data. ISR was defined as > 50% stenosis within 5 mm or adjacent to stent or an absolute luminal loss > 20%. The analysis of stepwise multivariate Cox regression was performed to evaluate the independent predictive factors., Results: ISR was found in 15 patients (15/42, 35.7%) with 16 lesions (16/43, 37.2%) at a median follow-up period of 7 months (range: 4 - 23). Diabetes (HR = 0.281; 95%CI = 0.088 - 0.898; P = 0.032) and stent diameter (HR = 0.213; 95%CI = 0.049 - 0.918; P = 0.038) were two independent predictors for ISR., Conclusion: Diabetes and stent diameter may be two independent predictors for ISR after a treatment of Wingspan system.

Objectives: We sought to evaluate whether clinical, lesion-related and procedural factors may predict in-stent restenosis (ISR) after intracranial stenting., Methods: Sixty-one Chinese patients with 65 lesions treated with single bare metal balloon-mounted stent for symptomatic intracranial arterial stenosis underwent conventional angiographic follow-up after procedures between March 2004 and July 2009. Clinical, lesion-related and procedural factors were analysed for any predictive power for the ISR using univariate and multivariate analysis. ISR was defined as >50% stenosis within or at the edge of the stent or absolute luminal loss >20%., Results: ISR was found in 18 patients (18/61, 29.5%) with 20 lesions (20/65, 30.8%) at a median follow-up of 7 months (range, 5-30 months). Univariate analysis revealed that diabetes, Mori classification, lesion length and stent diameter were associated with ISR. In addition, diabetes (hazard ratio (HR), 2.661; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.044-6.787; P=0.040) and lesion length (HR, 1.206; 95% CI, 1.023-1.421; P=0.026) were detected as two independent predictors for ISR by stepwise multivariate Cox regression analysis., Conclusions: ISR after intracranial stenting with bare metal balloon-mounted stents in our series seems to be more frequent than those reported by the majority of the published case series. Diabetes and lesion length are associated with increased risk of ISR., (Copyright © 2010 European Society for Vascular Surgery. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)