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Early versus delayed stenting for intracranial atherosclerotic artery stenosis with ischemic stroke

Correspondence to Dr. Guangwen Li, Department of Neurology and Interventional Neurology The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University Qingdao Shandong China ; doctorliguangwen{at}163.com Objective To ...
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Transradial access for neurointerventions: management of access challenges and complications

Background Numerous large randomized trials have shown a significant morbidity and mortality benefit with the transradial approach (TRA) over the transfemoral approach (TFA) for endovascular ...
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Cerebral hyperperfusion syndrome after mechanical thrombectomy

Correspondence to Dr Markus Kneihsl, Department of Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Graz 8036, Austria; markus.kneihsl{at}medunigraz.at ...
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Artificial intelligence to diagnose ischemic stroke and identify large vessel occlusions: a systematic review

Background and purpose Acute stroke caused by large vessel occlusions (LVOs) requires emergent detection and treatment by endovascular thrombectomy. However, radiologic LVO detection and treatment is ...
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Quantifying the mechanical and histological properties of thrombus analog made from human blood for the creation of synthetic thrombus for thrombectomy device testing

Background Untreated ischemic stroke can lead to severe morbidity and death, and as such, there are numerous endovascular blood-clot removal (thrombectomy) devices approved for human use. Human ...
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Vessel diameter and catheter-to-vessel ratio affect the success rate of clot aspiration

Correspondence to Dr Anna Andriana Kyselyova, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg 20246, Germany; a.kyselyova{at}uke.de ...
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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 ...
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Stroke vision, aphasia, neglect (VAN) assessment—a novel emergent large vessel occlusion screening tool: pilot study and comparison with current clinical severity indices

Background Identification of emergent large vessel occlusion (ELVO) stroke has become increasingly important with the recent publications of favorable acute stroke thrombectomy trials. Multiple ...
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The transvenous retrograde pressure cooker technique for the curative embolization of high-grade brain arteriovenous malformations

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

Correspondence to Dr Kenneth C Liu, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia Health System, Box 800212, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA; kcl3j{at}hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu Introduction Venous ...
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A novel self-expanding primarily bioabsorbable braided flow-diverting stent for aneurysms: initial safety results

Correspondence to Dr Alim P Mitha, Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada; amitha{at}ucalgary.ca Introduction The advent of metal ...
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The beginning and the evolution of the endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms: from the first catheterization of brain arteries to the new stents

Correspondence to Professor G Guglielmi, Department of Neurosciences, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Piazza Mazzini 27, 00195 Rome, Italy; guidogdc{at}yahoo.com The field of endovascular ...