Background Performing endovascular treatment (EVT) in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) allows a port of entry for intracranial biological sampling. Objective To test the hypothesis that ...

Correspondence to Dr R Gupta, Emory University School of Medicine, 49 Jesse Hill Dr SE, Room 393, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA; rishi.gupta{at}emory.edu Background and purpose Endovascular techniques are ...

Correspondence to Dr Kartik Dev Bhatia, Division of Neuroradiology, Joint Department of Medical Imaging, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto ON M5T 2S8, Canada; kartik.bhatia{at}uhn.ca Background Flow ...

Correspondence to Dr Ameer E Hassan, Department of Neurology, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Harlingen, Texas, USA; ameerehassan{at}gmail.com The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ...

1 Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany 2 Institute of Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, ...

Background Subarachnoid hyperdensities after mechanical thrombectomy (MT) are a common finding. However, it is often regarded as clinically insignificant. Objective With this single-center ...

Introduction Coils are widely utilized in neurovascular interventions for their ability to achieve targeted and effective occlusion of blood vessels. The recently introduced SwiftPAC coil (Penumbra, ...

Introduction The Pipeline Embolization Device (PED) is a widely used flow-diversion device for treating intracranial aneurysms. Statins, known for their endothelial-stabilizing and anti-inflammatory ...

Correspondence to Dr Markus A Möhlenbruch, Department of Neuroradiology, Heidelberg University Hospital, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; markus.moehlenbruch{at}med.uni-heidelberg.de Background ...

1 Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA 2 Department of Neurosurgery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA Correspondence to Dr Kyle Michael Fargen, ...

Background Identification of emergent large vessel occlusion (ELVO) stroke has become increasingly important with the recent publications of favorable acute stroke thrombectomy trials. Multiple ...

Introduction While studies support the benefit of endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) for patients with vertebrobasilar artery occlusion (VBAO) with moderate to severe symptoms, its efficacy in VBAO with ...