Predictors and outcome metrics of futile recanalization in patients with acute ischemic stroke ...

Correspondence to Dr Ali Alaraj, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, 912 South Wood Street, MC-799, Chicago, IL 60612, USA; alaraj{at}uic.edu Background The hemodynamic ...

Cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are an uncommon type of central nervous system vascular anomaly that have the potential to rupture and cause intracranial hemorrhage. AVM hemorrhagic risk ...

Objective Fractional flow (FF) reserve has been developed as a gold standard for coronary intervention. Intracranial FF is also a valuable hemodynamic index to assess the severity of narrowing in ...

3 Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA Correspondence to Raymond Turner, 96 Jonathan Lucas Street, Suite 301 CSB, Medical ...

Background Posterior circulation (PC) aneurysms are associated with a higher risk of rupture. Flow diverters (FDs) are widely used for carotid intracranial aneurysms, but their role in PC aneurysms is ...

Background Dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) is necessary to prevent thromboembolic complications after stent-assisted coiling (SAC) or flow-diversion (FD) for cerebral aneurysms, but the optimal ...

Correspondence to Dr Raul G Nogueira, Marcus Stroke & Neuroscience Center, Grady Memorial Hospita, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA; raul.g.nogueira{at}emory.edu Background ...

Background Whether pretreatment with intravenous thrombolysis prior to mechanical thrombectomy (IVT+MTE) adds additional benefit over direct mechanical thrombectomy (dMTE) in patients with large ...

Correspondence to Dr Masaomi Koyanagi, Neuroradiology and Intracranial Endovascular Therapy, Alfried Krupp Krankenhaus Rüttenscheid, Essen 45131, Germany; koyanagm{at}gmail.com Background Transvenous ...

Background Flow diverters have revolutionized the treatment of intracranial aneurysms. However, the delayed complications associated with flow diverter use are unknown. Objective To evaluate the ...