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Intracranial Intervention

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Cerebrovascular intervention is one of the most rapidly developing fields in medicine. Advances in stent and coil technology have allowed minimally invasive treatment of what were often thought of as untreatable conditions. The following chapter will serve as a review of the current techniques and evidence for treatment of acute ischemic stroke, symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic disease, and cerebral aneurysms.

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  1. Cleveland Clinic, Cerebrovascular Section, Vascular Neurology, Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Muhammad Shazam Hussain MD, FRCP(C)

  2. Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Rishi Gupta MD

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    Deepak L. Bhatt

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Hussain, M.S., Gupta, R. (2012). Intracranial Intervention. In: Bhatt, D. (eds) Peripheral and Cerebrovascular Intervention. Contemporary Cardiology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-965-9_7

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