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HydroCoils Are Associated with Lower Angiographic Recurrence Rates Than Are Bare Platinum Coils in Treatment of “Difficult-to-Treat” Aneurysms: A Post Hoc Subgroup Analysis of the HELPS Trial

W. Brinjikji, P.M. White, H. Nahser, J. Wardlaw, R. Sellar, A. Gholkar, H.J. Cloft and D.F. Kallmes
American Journal of Neuroradiology September 2015, 36 (9) 1689-1694; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A4349
W. Brinjikji
aFrom the Department of Radiology (W.B., H.J.C., D.F.K.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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P.M. White
bInstitute for Ageing and Health (P.M.W., A.G.), Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
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H. Nahser
cDepartment of Clinical Neuroscience (H.N.), University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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J. Wardlaw
dWalton Centre (J.W., R.S.), Liverpool, United Kingdom.
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R. Sellar
dWalton Centre (J.W., R.S.), Liverpool, United Kingdom.
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A. Gholkar
bInstitute for Ageing and Health (P.M.W., A.G.), Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
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H.J. Cloft
aFrom the Department of Radiology (W.B., H.J.C., D.F.K.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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D.F. Kallmes
aFrom the Department of Radiology (W.B., H.J.C., D.F.K.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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W. Brinjikji, P.M. White, H. Nahser, J. Wardlaw, R. Sellar, A. Gholkar, H.J. Cloft, D.F. Kallmes
HydroCoils Are Associated with Lower Angiographic Recurrence Rates Than Are Bare Platinum Coils in Treatment of “Difficult-to-Treat” Aneurysms: A Post Hoc Subgroup Analysis of the HELPS Trial
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American Journal of Neuroradiology Sep 2015, 36 (9) 1689-1694; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A4349
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