Structural limitations of currently available microcatheters and coils for endovascular coiling of very small aneurysms

Neuroradiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 423-427

  Lim, Yong Cheol ^a   Kim, Byung Moon ^b   Shin, Yong Sam ^a   Kim, Sun Yong ^a   Chung, Joonho ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Coil; Microcatheter

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; COIL EMBOLIZATION; DETACHABLE COIL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; MICROCATHETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STEREOMICROSCOPY;

ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; ANGIOPLASTY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM;

EID: 42549137994     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-008-0365-y     Document Type: Article

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