Media contact: Cindy Starr (513) 558-3505 [email protected] CINCINNATI—A multi-center study supports the effectiveness of the newest technology available for the treatment of difficult, life-threatening brain aneurysms. The technology, the Pipeline embolization device, is a flow diverter that redirects blood flow away from wide-necked or giant aneurysms that cannot be treated in more conventional ways. Andrew…
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Amber Gray, an aneurysm survivor and patient of Mario Zuccarello, MD, continues her comback at Xavier University. Read Adam Kiefaber’s article in the West Chester Buzz. Amber Gray Continues Her Comeback Publication: West Chester Buzz
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