Surgical Neurology
Volume 70, Issue 5 , Pages 454-462 , November 2008

Intra-aneurysmal hemodynamics in a large middle cerebral artery aneurysm with wall atherosclerosis

  • Satoshi Tateshima, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Medical Center, CA 90095-1721, USA
    • David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1721, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, Department of Radiological Sciences, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1721, USA. Tel.: +1 310 825 1459; fax: +1 310 267 1923.
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  • Kazuo Tanishita, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of System Design Engineering, Keio University Faculty of Science and Technology, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan
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  • Hiroyoshi Omura, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of System Design Engineering, Keio University Faculty of Science and Technology, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan
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  • James Sayre, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, University of California, Los Angeles School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1721, USA
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  • J. Pablo Villablanca, MD

      Affiliations

    • David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1721, USA
    • Division of Diagnostic Neuroradiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Medical Center, CA 90095-1721, USA
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  • Neil Martin, MD

      Affiliations

    • David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1721, USA
    • Division of Neurosurgery, University of California, Los Angeles, Medical Center, CA 90095-1721, USA
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  • Fernando Vinuela, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Medical Center, CA 90095-1721, USA
    • David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1721, USA

Received 23 October 2007 ,Accepted 10 March 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.surneu.2008.03.035

Surgical Neurology
Volume 70, Issue 5 , Pages 454-462 , November 2008

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