A randomized trial on the safety and efficacy of endovascular treatment of unruptured intracranial aneurysms is feasible

Interventional Neuroradiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 103-112

  Raymond, Jean ^c   Chagnon, M ^a   Collet, J P ^b   Guilbert, F ^c   Weill, A ^c   Roy, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Endovascular treatment; Unruptured aneurysms

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM CLIP; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COIL EMBOLIZATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SAMPLE SIZE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4344652672     PISSN: 11239344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/159101990401000202     Document Type: Article

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