Successful endovascular treatment of a growing megadolichoectasic vertebrobasilar artery aneurysm by flow diversion using the "diverter-in- stent" technique

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 166-170

  Cohen, José E ^a,b   Gomori, John M ^b   Moscovici, Samuel ^a   Itshayek, Eyal ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Basilar artery; Dolichoectasic aneurysm; Endovascular treatment; Flow diverter; Stent

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; MANNITOL; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTERY DYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; ATHERODYSPLASIA; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DIVERTER IN STENT; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FLOW DIVERSION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEGADOLICHOECTASIC VERTEBROBASILAR ARTERY ANEURYSM; MORBID OBESITY; MOTOR DETERIORATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; STENT THROMBOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STENTS; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84855192609     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2011.07.011     Document Type: Article

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