NYMC Faculty Publications
Early Angiographic Occlusion of Ruptured Blister Aneurysms of the Internal Carotid Artery Using the Pipeline Embolization Device as a Primary Treatment Option
Author Type(s)
Faculty
DOI
10.1136/neurintsurg-2013-010937
Journal Title
Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery
First Page
740
Last Page
743
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1-2014
Department
Neurosurgery
Keywords
Aged, 80 and over, Aneurysm, Ruptured, Angiography, Digital Subtraction, Carotid Artery, Internal, Cerebral Angiography, Embolization, Therapeutic, Humans, Intracranial Aneurysm, Neuroimaging, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Data on the timing, durability and occlusion rate of treating ruptured blister cerebral aneurysms using the Pipeline Embolization Device (PED) are limited.
CLINICAL PRESENTATION: Three patients who presented with subarachnoid hemorrhages from ruptured blister aneurysms of the internal carotid arteries were treated with the PED.
RESULTS: Aneurysmal occlusion with reconstruction of the parent vessels occurred angiographically using the PED as a primary treatment modality. All three patients were treated successfully without immediate or delayed complications and remained neurologically intact during the 6-month follow-up period.
CONCLUSIONS: Complete occlusion of a ruptured blister aneurysm can occur immediately after PED placement. In ruptured blister aneurysms with contrast stagnation after PED treatment, early angiographic occlusion was confirmed as early as 6 weeks and continued with medium-term durability.
Recommended Citation
Mehta, H., Chugh, C., Hu, Y., & Stiefel, M. (2014). Early Angiographic Occlusion of Ruptured Blister Aneurysms of the Internal Carotid Artery Using the Pipeline Embolization Device as a Primary Treatment Option. Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery, 6 (10), 740-743. https://doi.org/10.1136/neurintsurg-2013-010937
