Fenestrated vertebrobasilar junction aneurysm: Diagnostic and therapeutic considerations: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 525-529

  Albanese, Erminia ^a   Russo, Antonino ^a   Ulm, Arthur J ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Basilar artery fenestration; Onyx; Stent assisted coil embolization; Vertebrobasilar junction aneurysm

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; GEOMETRY; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STENT; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBROBASILAR JUNCTION ANEURYSM; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; BASILAR ARTERY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; STENTS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 63849099817     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.9.JNS08170     Document Type: Article

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