PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Hu, Yin C
AU  - Chugh, Chandril
AU  - Mehta, Hasit
AU  - Stiefel, Michael F
TI  - Early angiographic occlusion of ruptured blister aneurysms of the internal carotid artery using the Pipeline Embolization Device as a primary treatment option
AID  - 10.1136/neurintsurg-2013-010937
DP  - 2014 Dec 01
TA  - Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery
PG  - 740--743
VI  - 6
IP  - 10
4099  - http://jnis.bmj.com/content/6/10/740.short
4100  - http://jnis.bmj.com/content/6/10/740.full
SO  - J NeuroIntervent Surg2014 Dec 01; 6
AB  - 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.