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  • AdventHealth Brain Aneurysm Support Group

    Winter Park, FL

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  • Baltimore Brain Aneurysm Foundation Support Group

    Lutherville-Timonium, MD

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  • Bay Area Aneurysm and Vascular Malformation Support Group

    San Francisco, CA

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Balloon angioplasty

In the setting of severe vasospasm, the neuroradiologist may perform an angiogram and then pass a catheter with a balloon on its tip all the way up into the narrowed brain artery, then inflate the balloon to mechanically dilate the artery.
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