PharmaTimes December 13, 2023
In England, ruptured brain aneurysms occur in around one in 15,000 people every year
Researchers from King’s College London’s (KCL) School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences have confirmed the safety of a new flow-diverting stent device to prevent blood flow into brain aneurysms.
Published in the Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery, the study assessed the safety of the updated Pipeline Vantage Embolization Devices (PEDV) to treat the condition.
In England, every year, around one in 15,000 people have a ruptured brain aneurysm, a bulge in a blood vessel in the brain that can cause headaches, changes to vision and severe headaches if it ruptures.
The risk of an aneurysm rupture heightens when blood pressure in the blood vessels rises, causing...
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