Treatment failure of fetal posterior communicating artery aneurysms with the pipeline embolization device
UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of RadiologyDocument Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2015-09-11
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Aneurysms that involve the internal carotid artery and posterior communicating artery junction and incorporate a fetal posterior cerebral artery are known as fetal posterior communicating artery aneurysms. We report the outcomes of four patients with fetal posterior communicating artery aneurysms who underwent treatment with the pipeline embolization device with or without adjunctive coil embolization. In our study, all four patients failed to achieve aneurysm occlusion at the last follow-up evaluation. Based on our results, we currently do not recommend the use of the flow diverter for the treatment of fetal posterior communicating artery aneurysms.Source
J Neurointerv Surg. 2015 Sep 11. pii: neurintsurg-2015-011959. doi: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2015-011959. [Epub ahead of print] Link to article on publisher's siteDOI
10.1136/neurintsurg-2015-011959Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/48051PubMed ID
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10.1136/neurintsurg-2015-011959