CINN treats first patient with breakthrough stent for aneurysms

Chicago - June 19, 2007 - Endovasular neurosurgeon Demetrius Lopes, MD and Neuroradiologist Thomas Grobelny of the CINN at the Neurologic & Orthopedic Hospital of Chicago introduced another breakthrough procedure for patients with aneurysms. Today, they treat the first patient in Illinois with the Cordis Enterprise Vascular Reconstruction Device and Delivery System.

An intracranial aneurysm is a weakness in the wall of a blood vessel in the brain that balloons out, forming a thin-walled bubble or sac. Approximately 30,000 intracranial aneurysms present annually. Some 15,000 patients are treated and up to 4,000 of these individuals are likely to need vascular reconstruction. Read more