- Risk Factors for Early Hemorrhagic Complications after Endovascular Coiling of Ruptured Intracranial Aneurysms
A review of 93 patients treated with coiling for ruptured aneurysms was done to identify risk factors of early hemorrhagic complications. Risk factors identified included intracerebral hematoma at presentation, procedural thromboembolic complications, postcoiling antiplatelet therapy, and early initiation of coiling.
- Enhancing Brain Lesions after Endovascular Treatment of Aneurysms
These authors present MR images in 7 patients who developed enhancing lesions after endovascular therapy for intracranial aneurysms, 3 of which were symptomatic. The number of lesions increased in 2, was stable in 1, decreased in 3, and disappeared in 1 patient. The authorsput forward that the imaging and clinical characteristics suggested a foreign body reaction. They found no correlation to a specific device, but a possible source may be the generic hydrophilic coating.
- Mechanical Embolectomy for Acute Ischemic Stroke in the Anterior Cerebral Circulation: The Gothenburg Experience during 2000–2011
Safety and efficacy of intra-arterial treatment using the AmplatzGooseNeck device in acute anterior circulation strokes were assessed in 156 patients. High recanalization rates were obtained with the AmplatzGooseNeck snare without any device-related complications. Favorable outcome, mortality, and symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage were comparable with results of newer embolectomy devices.
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