Y-stent coiling of basilar bifurcation aneurysms induces a dynamic angular vascular remodeling with alteration of the apical wall shear stress pattern: Comment

BACKGROUND: Although wide-necked basilar bifurcation aneurysms are treated with Y-stent coiling, the effect of this intervention on vessel configuration and hemodynamics is unknown. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the immediate and delayed effects of Y-stenting using self-expanding microstents on basilar bifurcation architecture and hemodynamics. METHODS: Fifteen patients underwent basilar Y-stent coiling and imaging with rotational angiography. Vascular angles were measured between proximal P1 segments of the posterior cerebral arteries (α) and between the basilar artery and each P1 segment (β1,2) in the anteroposterior and γ1,2 sagittal planes. Patient-specific computational fluid dynamic analysis was used to estimate wall shear stress (WSS) changes with treatment. RESULTS: In the anteroposterior plane, Y-stenting significantly decreased angle α and increased β angles immediately after stent coiling (P