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01-12-2016 | Correspondence
Correlating Hemodynamic Changes and Occlusion Time after Flow Diverter Treatment of Bilateral Large Internal Carotid Artery Aneurysms
Authors:
A. C.-O. Tsang, A. Y.-S. Tang, W. C. Chung, G. K.-K. Leung, K. W. Chow
Published in:
Clinical Neuroradiology
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Issue 4/2016
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Excerpt
Flow diverters such as the Pipeline Embolization Device (Covidien Vascular Therapies, Mansfield, MA, USA) (PED) are gaining popularity in the treatment of unruptured cerebral aneurysms. Their clinical efficacy is well established with complete occlusion rate in the range of 76–83 % [
1,
2]. However, the underlying hemodynamic factors that determine treatment outcome are not well understood. …