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The long-term complications of coil treatment of giant intracranial aneurysms were assessed in 334 instances when treatment consisted of only coiling (225), stent-assisted coiling (88), parent vessel occlusion (14), or balloon-assisted coiling (7). The authors concluded that coiling of large and giant aneurysms has reasonable safety profiles with good clinical outcomes, but aneurysm reopening was common. Stent-assisted coiling had lower recurrence, retreatment, and new or recurrent hemorrhage rates with no additional morbidity compared with conventional coiling. Aneurysm size was a major determinant of recanalization, retreatment, new or recurrent hemorrhage, and poor outcome.

This study assesses the usefulness of a set of established structural findings in Alzheimer disease with various MRI sequences at 2 different field strengths in 127 subjects. Scores of atrophy and lesion burden were reliable across sequences and unit strength and were lowest in individuals with cognitive impairment, higher in those with Alzheimer disease, and also correlated with age, cognitive performance, and amyloid-β test. Although the results were slightly better at 3T, the authors concluded that even at 1.5T scores were reliable.