Venous sinus pulsatility and the potential role of dural incompetence in idiopathic intracranial hypertension

Neurosurgery

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 877-883

  Lazzaro, Marc A ^a   Darkhabani, Ziad ^a   Remler, Bernd F ^a,b   Hong, Sang H ^a   Wolfe, Thomas J ^c   Zaidat, Osama O ^a   Fitzsimmons, Brian Fred ^a  

^a FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DESERT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Manometry; Pseudotumor cerebri; Stenting

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL;

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRANIAL SINUS; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MANOMETRY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENT; TINNITUS;

EID: 85027951134     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e318267a8f9     Document Type: Article

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