Dural carotid cavernous fistula: definitive endovascular management and long-term follow-up

…, TE Lempert, AM Malek, CC Phatouros… - American journal of …, 2002 - Elsevier
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 …

Cerebral hyperperfusion syndrome after percutaneous transluminal stenting of the craniocervical arteries

PM Meyers, RT Higashida, CC Phatouros… - …, 2000 - journals.lww.com
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 …

Endovascular management of extracranial carotid artery dissection achieved using stent angioplasty

…, RT Higashida, CC Phatouros… - American Journal …, 2000 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Dissection of the carotid artery can, in certain cases, lead
to significant stenosis, occlusion, or pseudoaneurysm formation, with subsequent …

Carotid artery stent placement for atherosclerotic disease: rationale, technique, and current status

CC Phatouros, RT Higashida, AM Malek, PM Meyers… - Radiology, 2000 - pubs.rsna.org
Carotid arterial endarterectomy is considered to be the standard for the treatment of
atherosclerotic carotid arterial occlusive disease. This has been validated with results of several …

Endovascular treatment of ruptured posterior circulation cerebral aneurysms: clinical and angiographic outcomes

TE Lempert, AM Malek, VV Halbach, CC Phatouros… - Stroke, 2000 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—We sought to describe the clinical outcome and angiographic
results obtained in the endovascular therapy of ruptured posterior circulation cerebral …

Stent-supported coil embolization: the treatment of fusiform and wide-neck aneurysms and pseudoaneurysms

CC Phatouros, TYJ Sasaki, RT Higashida… - …, 2000 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: We describe a consecutive series of patients treated with endovascular stent-supported
coil embolization for symptomatic or enlarging wide-neck and fusiform aneurysms …

Balloon-assist technique for endovascular coil embolization of geometrically difficult intracranial aneurysms

AM Malek, VV Halbach, CC Phatouros, TE Lempert… - …, 2000 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: The balloon-assist or neck-remodeling technique is an adjunctive method
devised for the endovascular coil embolization of aneurysms characterized by a wide neck or …

Endovascular treatment of cerebral artery aneurysms during pregnancy: report of three cases

…, AM Malek, CC Phatouros… - American journal …, 2000 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
Historically, surgical management of cerebral aneurysms during pregnancy has been
controversial. Debate originally focused on early versus late intervention, before or after delivery of …

Patient presentation, angiographic features, and treatment of strangulation-induced dissection of the internal carotid artery: Report of three cases

…, VV Halbach, CF Dowd, CC Phatouros… - Journal of …, 2000 - thejns.org
✓ Domestic violence leading to strangulation by an abusive spouse can cause carotid
artery dissection. This phenomenon is rare and has been described in only three previous …

Treatment of posterior circulation ischemia with extracranial percutaneous balloon angioplasty and stent placement

AM Malek, RT Higashida, CC Phatouros, TE Lempert… - Stroke, 1999 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Vertebrobasilar territory ischemia (VBI) leads to disabling
neurological symptoms and poses a risk for stroke by an embolic or flow-related mechanism. We …