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Gradual remodelling of the vertebrobasilar circulation with reconstructive treatment of a symptomatic fusiform basilar artery aneurysm

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Abbreviations

AICA:

Anterior inferior cerebellar artery

ASA:

Acetylsalicylic acid

DSA:

Digital subtraction angiography

FD:

Flow diverter

MRA:

Magnetic resonance angiography

PCOM:

Posterior communicating artery

PICA:

Posterior inferior cerebellar artery

SCA:

Superior cerebellar artery

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  1. Neurosurgery Department, Radboud University Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein 8, Nijmegen, 6525 GA, The Netherlands

    Luigi Rigante, Walid Moudrous, Joost de Vries, Antonius M. de Korte & Hieronymus D. Boogaarts

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JdV works as consultant for Stryker neurovascular. This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

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Rigante, L., Moudrous, W., de Vries, J. et al. Gradual remodelling of the vertebrobasilar circulation with reconstructive treatment of a symptomatic fusiform basilar artery aneurysm. Acta Neurol Belg 117, 961–964 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-017-0801-z

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