Endovascular Procedures for Intracranial Arterial Disease (Atherosclerosis and Aneurysms)

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Intracranial arterial disease includes thromboembolic events, vascular stenoses, and aneurysms. Endovascular techniques have been investigated for treatment of intracranial arterial disease, as an alternative to intravenous tissue plasminogen activator and supportive care for acute stenosis and as an alternative to risk factor modification for chronic stenosis. For cerebral aneurysms, stentassi...

Endovascular Procedures (Angioplasty and/or Stenting) for Intracranial Arterial Disease (Atherosclerosis and Aneurysms)

Intracranial atherosclerotic disease: common, dangerous, and treatable.

The use of endoluminal revascularization has revolutionized many areas of medicine, including cardiology and vascular surgery. More recently, the application of balloons and stents to the intracranial circulation has been made possible by rapid and constant developments in device technology. These advances have fostered the use of stenting for the treatment of various intracranial disorders, in...

Endovascular Angioplasty and/or Stenting for Intracranial Arterial Disease (Atherosclerotic and Aneurysms)

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Endovascular Procedures for Intracranial Arterial Disease (Atherosclerosis and Aneurysms)

1. The technology must have final approval from the appropriate government regulatory bodies; 2. The scientific evidence must permit conclusions concerning the effect of the technology on health outcomes; 3. The technology must improve the net health outcome; 4. The technology must be as beneficial as any established alternatives; 5. The improvement must be attainable outside the investigationa...

Endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms review

Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a potentially lethal disease with high morbidity and mortality. The goal of endovascular intracranial aneurysm treatment of intracranial aneurysms is the prevention of rebleeding after primary SAH, the prevention of SAH in unruptured aneurysms or the alleviation of other symptoms attributable to the aneurysm. Securing ruptured aneurysms improves outcome after SA...