Cardiology
New type of stent could help some brain aneurysm patients
After Susan Wakulich was told she had an aneurysm, she figured an invasive brain surgery and lengthy recovery lay ahead of her.
Jul 9, 2014
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Cardiology
A tool to better screen and treat aneurysm patients
New research by an international consortium, including a researcher from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, may help physicians better understand the chronological development of a brain aneurysm.
May 29, 2014
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Cardiology
One-third of all brain aneurysms rupture: The size is not a significant risk factor
The lifetime risk for rupture of a brain aneurysm depends heavily on the patient's overall load of risk factors. However, a recent study by researchers from the University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital ...
May 22, 2014
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Surgery
Brain surgery through an incision the size of a pinprick
The difference between having a brain aneurysm treated the old way and a new way was aptly described as "the nutcracker" vs. "the TripTik" by a patient of Andrew Ringer, MD, professor of neurosurgery at the University of ...
Mar 7, 2014
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Cardiology
Study sheds light on genetic factors for intracranial aneurysm
(Medical Xpress)—A large collaborative study that included researchers from the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine is reporting a new chromosomal region associated with intracranial aneurysm susceptibility, ...
Feb 14, 2014
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Surgery
Embolic material at site of fatal hemorrhage occurring days after flow-diversion aneurysm treatment
It started as a medical mystery and became a cautionary tale. Fatal hemorrhages occurred in the brains of two patients several days after successful cerebral aneurysm treatment with the Pipeline Embolization Device (PED). ...
Dec 10, 2013
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Neuroscience
New data-driven machine learning method effectively flags risk for post-stroke dangers
A team of experts in neurocritical care, engineering, and informatics, with the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, have devised a new way to detect which stroke patients may be at risk of a serious ...
Oct 3, 2013
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Surgery
Tests in mice identify compound that may keep survivors of brain aneurysms from succumbing to stroke
Johns Hopkins researchers, working with mice, say they have identified a chemical compound that reduces the risk of dangerous, potentially stroke-causing blood vessel spasms that often occur after the rupture of a bulging ...
Oct 1, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Significant other's excessive fears can compromise patient's recovery from SAH
Researchers from Durham University and Kings College London (United Kingdom) and the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany) found that patients who have suffered a subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) may not recover psychosocially ...
Jul 23, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Growth in cerebral aneurysms increases risk of rupture
Cerebral aneurysms of all sizes—even small ones below seven millimeters—are 12 times more likely to rupture if they are growing in size, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology.
Jul 2, 2013
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