May 30, 2006 — Coil embolization for the treatment of ruptured aneurysms is as effective as surgical clipping, according to results of the first study to prospectively compare long-term outcomes of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . IV thrombolysis appeared safe among patients who had acute ischemic stroke with saccular unruptured intracranial ...

A study led by UCSF neurologist S. Claiborne Johnston, MD, has shown that coiling of ruptured brain aneurysms is very effective during long-term follow-up, similar to outcomes with surgical clipping.

Intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) seems to be relatively safe for acute ischemic stroke patients who have even larger-sized saccular unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIAs), a Finnish study suggests. "I ...

Saccular intracranial aneurysms, abnormal focal outpouchings of cerebral arteries, cause substantial rates of morbidity and mortality. Recently, major changes have occurred in the way we think about ...

Figure 1. A 49-year-old woman underwent a diagnostic workup for recurrent headaches. Computed tomography suggested the presence of an incidental aneurysm of the left internal carotid artery. This ...