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Prepontine Cistern Filling Independently Predicts Poor Neurologic Outcomes in Ruptured PICA Aneurysms

Etienne Lefevre, Paul Brugerolles, Kévin Premat, Stéphanie Lenck, Eimad Shotar, Alice Jacquens, Vincent Degos, Anne Laure Boch, Alexandre Carpentier, Frédéric Clarencon and Aurélien Nouet
American Journal of Neuroradiology May 2025, 46 (5) 929-935; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A8615
Etienne Lefevre
aFrom the Department of Neurosurgery (E.L., P.B., A.L.B., A.C., A.N.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, APHP, Paris, France
bSorbonne Université (E.L., S.L., A.J., V.D., F.C.), UPMC, Paris, France
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Paul Brugerolles
aFrom the Department of Neurosurgery (E.L., P.B., A.L.B., A.C., A.N.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, APHP, Paris, France
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Kévin Premat
cDepartment of Interventional Neuroradiology (K.P., S.L., E.S., F.C.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, APHP, Paris, France
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Stéphanie Lenck
bSorbonne Université (E.L., S.L., A.J., V.D., F.C.), UPMC, Paris, France
cDepartment of Interventional Neuroradiology (K.P., S.L., E.S., F.C.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, APHP, Paris, France
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Eimad Shotar
cDepartment of Interventional Neuroradiology (K.P., S.L., E.S., F.C.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, APHP, Paris, France
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Alice Jacquens
bSorbonne Université (E.L., S.L., A.J., V.D., F.C.), UPMC, Paris, France
dDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care (A.J., V.D.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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Vincent Degos
bSorbonne Université (E.L., S.L., A.J., V.D., F.C.), UPMC, Paris, France
dDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care (A.J., V.D.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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Anne Laure Boch
aFrom the Department of Neurosurgery (E.L., P.B., A.L.B., A.C., A.N.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, APHP, Paris, France
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Alexandre Carpentier
aFrom the Department of Neurosurgery (E.L., P.B., A.L.B., A.C., A.N.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, APHP, Paris, France
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Frédéric Clarencon
bSorbonne Université (E.L., S.L., A.J., V.D., F.C.), UPMC, Paris, France
cDepartment of Interventional Neuroradiology (K.P., S.L., E.S., F.C.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, APHP, Paris, France
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Aurélien Nouet
aFrom the Department of Neurosurgery (E.L., P.B., A.L.B., A.C., A.N.), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, APHP, Paris, France
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Etienne Lefevre, Paul Brugerolles, Kévin Premat, Stéphanie Lenck, Eimad Shotar, Alice Jacquens, Vincent Degos, Anne Laure Boch, Alexandre Carpentier, Frédéric Clarencon, Aurélien Nouet
Prepontine Cistern Filling Independently Predicts Poor Neurologic Outcomes in Ruptured PICA Aneurysms
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