✓ The authors demonstrate the technical feasibility of using intravascular stents in conjunction
with electrolytically detachable coils (Guglielmi detachable coils [GDCs]) for treatment of …

Background and Purpose— The primary purpose of intracranial aneurysm treatment is to
prevent rupture. Risk factors for rupture after aneurysm treatment have not been clearly …

Unruptured cerebral aneurysms are commonly treated by surgical clipping, but endovascular
coil embolization is increasingly employed as an alternative. In a blinded review of …

Objectives: PHACE is an acronym coined to describe a neurocutaneous syndrome encompassing
the following features: posterior fossa brain malformations, large facial hemangiomas, …

PURPOSE: To describe the endovascular treatment and clinical outcome in patients with
indirect carotid cavernous fistulas (CCFs) over a 15-year period. To our knowledge, this is the …

✓ Dural sinus thrombosis has been hypothesized as a possible cause of dural arteriovenous
fistulas (AVF's). The pathogenesis and evolution from thrombosis to actual development of …

OBJECTIVE: Cerebral hyperperfusion syndrome is a recognized complication of carotid
endarterectomy, with a reported incidence of 0.3 to 1.2%. The incidence of cerebral …

OBJECTIVE: We analyzed the outcome of patients with symptomatic vertebral hemangiomas
treated at University of California, San Francisco, over a 20 year period. Treatment included …

✓ Sixteen patients with dissecting aneurysms or pseudoaneurysms of the vertebral artery, 12
involving the intradural vertebral artery and four occurring in the extradural segment, were …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: A new neurovascular microstent, the Cordis Enterprise
stent, composed of nitinol, with a closed cell design, was specifically developed for the …