Endovascular treatment of a fusiform basilar artery aneurysm using multiple "in-stent stents": Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 496-500

  Crowley, R Webster ^a   Evans, Avery J ^a   Kassell, Neal F ^a   Jensen, Mary E ^a   Dumont, Aaron S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Basilar artery; Intracranial aneurysm; Stent endovascular treatment

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CHILD; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT;

BASILAR ARTERY; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; STENTS;

EID: 67649112362     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.2.PEDS08468     Document Type: Article

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