"Double-barrel" stent reconstruction of a symptomatic fusiform basilar artery aneurysm: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Bain, Mark ^a   Hussain, Muhammad Shazam ^a   Spiotta, Alejandro ^a   Gonugunta, Vivekananda ^a,b   Moskowitz, Shaye ^a   Gupta, Rishi ^c,d  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Basilar artery aneurysm; Endovascular treatment; Fusiform; Giant aneurysm; Stenting

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DEVICE THERAPY; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; FUSIFORM BASILAR ARTERY ANEURYSM; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; STENT;

BASILAR ARTERY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; STENTS;

EID: 79954992704     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e318211f982     Document Type: Article

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