Cigarette smokers who were treated for cerebral aneurysms with coil embolization (blocking of a blood vessel) are at greater risk of developing another aneurysm, say neurological surgeons. Cigarette ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with intracranial aneurysms who underwent embolization with second-generation hydrogel-coated coils ...

August 12, 2011 — The endovascular treatment of aneurysms is safer than ever before, according to the results of the Matrix and Platinum Science (MAPS) trial. "This is certainly something that we as ...

Preliminary results of a long-term study suggest that coils inserted into burst aneurysms in the brain decrease by 25 percent the risk of patient death and disability during the first year after the ...

HONOLULU — Compared to receiving a standard platinum coil during an endovascular procedure, patients getting the second-generation hydrogel coil had a significantly lower rate of aneurysm recurrence, ...

Insertion of a tiny metal coil into a bleeding aneurysm in the brain appears safer in the long run for some patients than a more-established treatment that requires brain surgery, researchers find. A ...

You’re healthy, active and life is good. Then, you start having pain behind your eyes, frequent killer headaches and difficulty with your vision and balance. You shake it off as nothing, but you ...

New treatments for survivors of brain aneurysms are becoming more widely used in the Triangle. Jodi Sloan almost died from a ruptured aneurysm. Other WRAL Top Stories "I had a really bad headache," ...

Based on a new study, while endovascular treatment (EVT) of intracranial aneurysms is effective in preventing long-term rupture and bleeding, there is an increased risk of recurrence, leading some ...