Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 20, Issue 7, Supplement , Pages S435-S450 , July 2009

Reporting Standards for Endovascular Repair of Saccular Intracranial Cerebral Aneurysms

  • Philip M. Meyers, MD

      Affiliations

    • Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Neurological Institute of New York, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Philip M. Meyers, MD, FAHA, Associate Professor, Radiology and Neurological Surgery, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Clinical Director, Neuroendovascular Service, New York Presbyterian–Columbia Neurological Institute, New York, NY 10032
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  • H. Christian Schumacher, MD

      Affiliations

    • Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology, Division of Vascular Neurology and Neurocritical Care, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
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  • Randall T. Higashida, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of California, San Francisco
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  • Colin P. Derdeyn, MD

      Affiliations

    • Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University, School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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  • Gary M. Nesbit, MD

      Affiliations

    • Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Ore
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  • David Sacks, MD

      Affiliations

    • Advanced Interventional Radiology, Reading Hospital and Medical Center, Reading, PA
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  • Lawrence R. Wechsler, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA
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  • Joshua B. Bederson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurological Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
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  • Sean D. Lavine, MD

      Affiliations

    • Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Neurological Institute of New York, NY
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  • Peter Rasmussen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio

Received 31 May 2008 ,Revised 8 August 2008 ,Accepted 19 September 2008.

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 Dr Higashida served as a consultant to Cordis Neurovascular. Dr Nesbit received honoraria from Cordis Neurovascular and Genentech, has an ownership interest in Concentric Medical, and served as a consultant to Concentric Medical. Dr Wechsler served as a consultant to Nuevelo, Inc, and Abbott Vascular. Dr Lavine received honoraria from Cordis Neurovascular. Dr Rasmussen received honoraria from the Universities of Minnesota and Pittsburgh, Microvention/Terumo, ev3, Possis Medical/Medrad, and Micrus, has an ownership interest in Chestnut Medical, and served as a consultant to Chestnut Medical.

 Published in Stroke. 2009;40(5):e366–e379.Published online before print February 26, 2009, doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.527572.

PII: S1051-0443(09)00218-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2009.03.004

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 20, Issue 7, Supplement , Pages S435-S450 , July 2009

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