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Methods: Between February 2011 and June 2019, 63 consecutive patients with and without emergent large vessel occlusion (ELVO) who received PTAS for symptomatic ICAS in the anterior or vertebrobasilar circulation were included in our study. Results: A total of 32 patients had ELVO. In the remaining 31 patients, a known ICAS was treated with PTAS either because of recurrent stroke despite aggressive medical therapy with dual antiplatelet inhibition (n = 24) or due to progressive hemodynamic ischemia (n = 7). Stenting was successful in all 63 cases. Successful reperfusion was achieved in 94% of ELVO patients. Complications with new neurologic deficits, including dissection, subarachnoid hemorrhage, intracerebral hemorrhage (PH2), and stent thrombosis, were seen in five ELVO patients (16%). At discharge, neurological status improved in 16 patients (50%) and deteriorated in 7 patients (22%). In-hospital mortality happened in 5 of 32 ELVO cases (16%), and all of them had lesions in the vertebrobasilar circulation. Regarding non-ELVO cases, two patients (6%) developed new neurologic deficits due to perforator strokes. There was no in-hospital mortality in this group. Conclusions: Even in unfavorable situations with acute atherothrombotic occlusions or recurrent strokes under aggressive medical therapy of known ICAS, PTAS remains a treatment option with reasonable effectiveness. 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