We read with interest the article by Signorelli et al1 describing their experience with 8 patients treated with a Solitaire stent (Covidien, Irvine, California) deployed temporarily to enable stent-assisted coiling of cerebral aneurysms. This article expands on the technique that we described earlier.2 Unlike in our article, Signorelli et al performed their procedures without preadministering antiplatelet therapy. We would like to caution against the wide adoption of this technique without pretreatment with antiplatelet agents.
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