Stent usage in the treatment of intracranial aneurysms: Past, present and future

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 244-253

  Gross, Bradley A ^a   Frerichs, Kai U ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTERY CATHETER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BALLOON EXPANDABLE STENT; BLOOD VESSEL RUPTURE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN HERNIA; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COIL EMBOLIZATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; CORONARY STENT; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MATERIAL STATE; MONOTHERAPY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PIPELINE EMBOLIZATION DEVICE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF EXPANDING STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84874116807     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2011-302007     Document Type: Review

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