Subclavian-vertebral artery bifurcation stenting using drug-eluting stents: a report of two cases using different techniques.

Endovascular treatment of vertebral artery stenosis and subclavian artery stenosis are low-risk procedures, but there are few reports of the best approach for subclavian-vertebral artery stenoses where there is an ostial stenosis of a vertebral artery that arises from a stenosed segment of the subclavian artery. This is a report of two cases with subclavian-vertebral artery stenosis that were treated with two different techniques. One-year follow up demonstrated widely patent stents. Also, to our knowledge, this is the first report of the use of the crush-stenting technique using drug-eluting stents in subclavian-vertebral artery bifurcation lesions.