Radiological outcomes for endovascular treatment of posterior communicating artery aneurysms: a retrospective multicenter study of the occlusion rate

Autor: Mariangela Piano, Guglielmo Pero, Amedeo Cervo, Luca Ricciardi, Luca Milonia, Giuseppe Iannucci, Giacomo Beggio, Oriela Rustemi, Iacopo Valente, Alessandro Pedicelli, Vera Vigo, Vincenzo Di Egidio, Alberto Tomatis, Annunziato Mangiola, Andrea Saletti, Pasquale De Bonis, Francesco Salomi, Carmelo Lucio Sturiale, Gianluca Trevisi, Alba Scerrati
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
Adult
Male
Intrasaccular devices
PcomA
Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
NO
Young Adult
Outcome Assessment
Health Care

posterior communicating
artery aneurysms
fetal posterior communicating artery
fetal variant
endovascular
coiling flow-diverters
intrasaccular devices
Humans
cardiovascular diseases
Coiling
Posterior communicating artery aneurysms
PcomA
Fetal posterior communicating artery
Fetal variant
Endovascular
Coiling
Flow-diverters
Intrasaccular devices

Aged
Retrospective Studies
Aged
80 and over

Fetal variant
Endovascular
Fetal posterior communicating artery
General Neuroscience
Endovascular Procedures
Angiography
Digital Subtraction

Intracranial Aneurysm
General Medicine
Middle Aged
Posterior communicating artery aneurysms
Cerebral Angiography
Flow-diverters
Female
Magnetic Resonance Angiography
RC321-571
Zdroj: Journal of Integrative Neuroscience, Vol 20, Iss 4, Pp 919-931 (2021)
ISSN: 1757-448X
DOI: 10.31083/j.jin2004093
Popis: Although several innovations in techniques and implantable devices were reported over the last decades, a consensus on the best endovascular treatment for intracranial aneurysms originating from the posterior communicating artery is still missing. This work investigates radiological outcomes of different endovascular techniques for posterior communicating artery aneurysms treatment in a retrospective multi-centric cohort. We included patients endovascularly treated for posterior communicating artery aneurysms from 2015 through 2020 in six tertiary referral hospitals. We evaluated the relationship between patients and aneurysms characteristics, baseline neurological status, radiological outcomes, and the different endovascular techniques. Overall, 250 patients were included in this study. Simple coiling was the most frequent treatment in 171 patients (68%), followed by flow-diverter stenting in 32 cases (13%). Complete occlusion was reported in 163 patients (65%), near-complete occlusion in 43 (17%), and incomplete occlusion in 44 (18%). Radiological follow-up was available for 247 (98%) patients. The occlusion rate was stable in 149 (60%), improved in 49 (19%), and worsened in 51 (21%). No significant difference in exclusion rate was seen between ruptured and unruptured aneurysms at the last follow-up (p = 0.4). Posterior communicating artery thrombosis was reported in 25 patients (9%), transient ischemic attack in 6 (2%), and in 38 patients (15%), subsequent procedures were needed due to incomplete occlusion or reperfusion. Endovascular strategies for posterior communicating artery aneurysms represent effective and relatively safe treatments. Simple coiling provides a higher immediate occlusion rate, although recanalization has been frequently reported, conversely, flow-diversion devices provide good long-term radiological outcomes.
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