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Woven EndoBridge (WEB) device in the treatment of ruptured aneurysms
Background Wide-necked bifurcation aneurysms (WNBAs) present unique challenges for endovascular treatment. The Woven EndoBridge (WEB) device is an intrasaccular braided device, recently approved by ...
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Drug-coated balloons for the treatment of symptomatic intracranial atherosclerosis: initial experience and follow-up outcome
Correspondence to Professor Ju Han, Department of Neurology, Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan 250014, China; hanjujack{at}163.com Background The optimal treatment ...
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Telestroke—the promise and the challenge. Part two—expansion and horizons
Acute ischemic stroke remains a major public health concern, with low national treatment rates for the condition, demonstrating a disconnection between the evidence of treatment benefit and delivery ...
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A survey of neurointerventionalists on thrombectomy practices for emergent large vessel occlusions
Correspondence to Dr K M Fargen, Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of South Carolina, 96 Jonathan Lucas St, CSB 301, Charleston, SC 29425, USA; Fargen{at}musc.edu Background The effect of ...
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Cangrelor versus GPIIb/IIIa inhibitors as adjunctive therapy in endovascular treatment of large vessel occlusion stroke
17 Hospital Foch Department of Therapeutic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Suresnes, France Background Endovascular treatment (EVT) failures and early reocclusions in stroke often result from ...
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Risk of intracranial hemorrhage associated with pregnancy in women with cerebral arteriovenous malformations
Correspondence to Dr Sunil A Sheth, Neurology, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX 77030, USA; ssheth{at}post.harvard.edu Background Prior studies on rupture risk of brain ...
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Endovascular treatment of wide-necked intracranial aneurysms using the novel Contour Neurovascular System: a single-center safety and feasibility study
Correspondence to Dr Tufail Patankar, Interventional Neuroradiology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds LS1 3EX, UK; tufail.patankar{at}btinternet.com Background and purpose Wide-necked ...
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Torrents of torment: turbulence as a mechanism of pulsatile tinnitus secondary to venous stenosis revealed by high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics
Background Pulsatile tinnitus (PT) is a debilitating condition that can be caused by a vascular abnormality, such as an arterial or venous lesion. Although treatment of PT-related venous lesions has ...
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More than three passes of stent retriever is an independent predictor of parenchymal hematoma in acute ischemic stroke
Correspondence to Dr. Romain Bourcier, Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital of Nantes, Nantes 44000, France; romain.bourcier2{at}gmail.com Introduction Despite successful recanalization ...
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Transvenous embolization of a cerebrospinal fluid–venous fistula for the treatment of spontaneous intracranial hypotension
Abstract Cerebrospinal fluid–venous fistula is an increasingly recognized cause of spontaneous intracranial hypotension.1 The site of the leak is between the dural sleeve around a spinal nerve root ...
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Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery Standards of Practice: general considerations
1 Department of Radiology and Neurological Surgery, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, and Neuroendovascular Service, New York Presbyterian-Columbia, Neurological Institute of ...
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Middle meningeal artery embolization reduces the post-operative recurrence rate of at-risk chronic subdural hematoma
Background Embolization of the middle meningeal artery (MMA) has emerged as a potential treatment of chronic subdural hematomas (CSDHs). Objective To evaluate the impact on recurrence rate of ...