Use of aspirin as sole oral antiplatelet therapy in acute flow diversion for ruptured dissecting aneurysms

We present a 48-year-old man with a World Federation of Neurological Surgeons grade 5 subarachnoid hemorrhage, secondary to a ruptured intradural left vertebral artery dissecting aneurysm, who was treated successfully with a pipeline embolization device with Shield technology using aspirin and a single intravenous loading dose of abciximab. To our knowledge, this is the first case of an acute flow diversion performed using only aspirin as the sole oral antiplatelet agent.

Source: Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery - April 13, 2017 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Chiu, A. H. Y., Ramesh, R., Wenderoth, J., Davies, M., Cheung, A. Tags: New devices Source Type: research