Safety and efficacy of balloon remodeling technique during endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms: Critical review of the literature

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-15

  Pierot, Laurent ^a   Cognard, C ^b   Spelle, L ^c   Moret, J ^c  

^a HÔPITAL MAISON BLANCHE   (France)

^b TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Section of Radiology   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLOON REMODELING; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM RUPTURE; COIL EMBOLIZATION; DEATH; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FOLLOW UP; MORBIDITY; REVIEW; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONALITY; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856090868     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2403     Document Type: Review

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