Patient outcomes are better for unruptured cerebral aneurysms treated at centers that preferentially treat with endovascular coiling: A study of the national inpatient sample 2001-2007

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1065-1070

  Brinjikji, W ^a   Rabinstein, A A ^b   Lanzino, G ^b   Kallmes, D F ^b   Cloft, Harry J ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOVASCULAR COILING; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGICAL CLIPPING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; UNRUPTURED CEREBRAL ANEURYSM;

ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INPATIENTS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959310657     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2446     Document Type: Article

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