Does Increasing Packing Density Using Larger Caliber Coils Improve Angiographic Results of Embolization of Intracranial Aneurysms at 1 Year: A Randomized Trial.

Jean Raymond J S Ghostine Brian van Adel Jai Jai Shiva Shankar Dana Iancu Alim P Mitha P Kvamme R D Turner A S Turk Vitor Mendes Pereira Jeffrey S Carpenter SoHyun Boo A Evans Henry Woo David J Fiorella Ali Alaraj Daniel Roy Alain Weill P Lavoie Miguel Chagnon Thanh N Nguyen Jeremy L Rempel Tim E Darsaut

Published in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2020)

Coiling of aneurysms randomized to 15-caliber coils achieved higher packing densities compared with 10-caliber coils, but this had no impact on the angiographic outcomes at 1 year, which were primarily driven by aneurysm size and initial angiographic results.

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