Monitoring of the cerebral vasculature

natselrox · #1 by **natselrox** » Nov 28, 2011 5:54 am

There really needs to be a way to do real time monitoring of the cerebral vasculature.

Durro · #2 by **Durro** » Nov 28, 2011 6:57 am

natselrox wrote:There really needs to be a way to do real time monitoring of the cerebral vasculature.

Screening MR Angiograms of people with a family history or symptoms ?

natselrox · #3 by **natselrox** » Nov 28, 2011 1:59 pm

Durro wrote:
natselrox wrote:There really needs to be a way to do real time monitoring of the cerebral vasculature.

Screening MR Angiograms of people with a family history or symptoms ?

That's the best we can right now. But most aneurysms are so inaccessible and you get so little time to act once the aneurysm has ruptured. Monro-Kellie, brain stem compression and you are helpless. Then again, how do you keep an watch on a time-bomb that can go off at anytime (or maybe never)?

Sad for everyone involved.

Durro · #4 by **Durro** » Nov 28, 2011 10:35 pm

Endovascular treatment with GDC coils ? But only certain types of aneurysms are amenable to that.

Anyhow, it would be worthwhile for Tigger's kids to be checked out, in case there's a familial aspect to the aneurysm. Some types of aneurysms, like Berry aneurysms of the anterior communicating artery, do have a familial relationship in some instances.

natselrox · #5 by **natselrox** » Nov 29, 2011 7:07 am

Durro wrote:Endovascular treatment with GDC coils ? But only certain types of aneurysms are amenable to that.

Didn't know about GDC coils, Durro. That seems like one hell of a complicated surgical procedure.

Anyhow, it would be worthwhile for Tigger's kids to be checked out, in case there's a familial aspect to the aneurysm. Some types of aneurysms, like Berry aneurysms of the anterior communicating artery, do have a familial relationship in some instances.

Made of Stars · #6 by **Made of Stars** » Nov 29, 2011 12:27 pm

Not sure this is the thread for :this:

conversation, guys.

natselrox · #7 by **natselrox** » Nov 29, 2011 2:16 pm

Sorry.

Blip · #8 by **Blip** » Nov 29, 2011 2:43 pm

!	GENERAL MODNOTE This interesting discussion has been split from a condolence thread. It is that to which the previous two posts refer.

Durro · #9 by **Durro** » Nov 30, 2011 4:20 am

Yeah, sorry.

But I would like to reiterate that Tigger's children should be investigated in case there's a familial aspect to this tragedy. I've seen families where multiple close relatives have aneurysms.