Advances in endovascular approaches to cerebral aneurysms

Neurosurgery

Volumn 74, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2014, Pages

  Dumont, Travis M ^a,c   Eller, Jorge L ^a,c   Mokin, Maxim ^a,c   Sorkin, Grant C ^a,c   Levy, Elad I ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c Gates Vascular Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral aneurysm; Coil; Endovascular technique; Endovascular technology; Flow diversion; Stent; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; ETHYLENE VINYL ALCOHOL COPOLYMER; NITINOL; PRASUGREL; TICAGRELOR;

ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CATHETER; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; NONHUMAN; PIPELINE EMBOLIZATION DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EXPANDING STENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS;

EID: 84892915324     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000000217     Document Type: Article

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