A unique treatment at The Ohio State University Medical Center is using surgical glue and coils to correct abnormally connecting blood vessels that are linked to seizures, headaches and sometimes ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Approximately 6 million Americans have brain aneurysms, a condition that occurs when a weak or thin spot develops on a blood vessel in the brain causing it to balloon. Often, these do not cause ...

BACKGROUND: A brain aneurysms is a bulging vessel in the brain that is filled with blood. They are estimated to happen in up to one in 15 people at some time in their lifetime, according to the ...

A coma settled over Nannette Jones as three brain aneurysms pushed her steadily toward death. One of the aneurysms, bulging weak spots on arteries in the brain, had ruptured. They were all in places ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Doctors at University of Louisville Hospital have a new tool to treat aneurysms, thanks to a medical breakthrough just approved by the FDA. It has patients like Mary ...

Evidence-based recommendations on coil embolisation of unruptured intracranial aneurysms. This involves placing coils inside the aneurysm using a thin tube to make the blood clot so it is less likely ...

Researchers are using the unique contraction and expansion properties of shape memory polymer foam to design a much improved treatment for brain aneurysms, which cause severe neurological damage or ...

NEW YORK -- Radiologists are using a nonsurgical procedure to isolate and block weakened cerebral blood vessels that are in danger of rupture, helping patients avert stroke or even death, according to ...