Endovascular and surgical management of vertebral artery dissecting aneurysms presenting with subarachnoid haemorrhage: Medium-term experience

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 262-270

  Sheah, K ^a   Lim, Winston ^a   Chan, Chumpon ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Balloon occlusion; Embolisation; Intracranial haemorrhages; Vertebral artery dissections

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM CLIP; AORTA BALLOON; ARTERY DISSECTION; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BALLOON OCCLUSION; CASE REPORT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; BALLOON OCCLUSION; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION;

EID: 22144451149     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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