title: Endovascular Thermal Coagulation Using the Double-Helix GDC. Feasibility Study in Experimental Aneurysms.
abstract: An experimental study was undertaken to explore the possibility of treating this subset of aneurysms with thermal coagulation. Endovascular endosaccular thermal coagulation of experimental aneurysms was successfully performed using a radiofrequency electrical current applied to a novel device, the double-helix GDC. Theoretically this technique could be utilized in selected patients to occlude large and giant intracranial aneurysms.
authors.affiliation: University of Roma "La Sapienza", Italy and University of California at Davis, U.S.A - guidogdc@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guglielmi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ji