Haemorrhage from rupture of petrous ICA aneurysm can be life threatening and emergency
treatment is required. We report 2 cases of radiation-induced petrous internal carotid artery …

PURPOSE To determine the clinical effectiveness of parent artery occlusion of the carotid or
vertebral artery by means of temporary proximal flow arrest and microcoils. METHODS …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Prior to their relatively recent FDA approval, detachable
balloons for endovascular arterial occlusion had been available on only a limited basis. We …

A 72-year-old man presented with a 4-month history of a gradually enlarging mass in the
upper left side of the neck. The mass was painless and nontender. The patient had …

Permanent occlusion of the carotid and vertebral arteries has long been used as a treatment
for certain aneurysms, tumors, arteriovenous fistulae, and traumatic injuries. Temporary …

PURPOSE: To devise and test an occluding coil anchoring system to improve the safety of
coil embolization. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The anchoring system was attached to …

The article by Cekirge et al in this issue of the AJNR (1) is another chapter in the growing
use and recognition of coils as an endovascular method to treat cerebral aneurysms. In this …

Endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms was first described in the early 1970s in
the pioneering paper of Serbinenko. He treated aneurysms with detachable balloons that …

The purpose of this study was to describe a balloon-assisted double-lumen microcatheter
technique to perform a controlled and tight coil packing of a vascular segment for vessel …

We report on a patient with Behcet's syndrome who had two pseudoaneurysms at the
junction of a saphenous vein graft and the native common carotid artery. He had …