A new trial assessed whether balloon angioplasty plus aggressive medical management was superior to aggressive medical management alone for patients with symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis. Author Zhongrong Miao, MD, PhD, from Beijing Tiantan Hospital, discusses the BASIS randomized clinical trial with JAMA Deputy Editor Christopher C. Muth, MD. Related Content:

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