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Republished: Rotational carotid insufficiency: an unusual cause of bow hunter’s syndrome
Correspondence to Dr Peter Kan, Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA; peter.kan{at}bcm.edu We report an unusual case in which physiologic neck rotation impeded ...
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Safety and efficacy of adjunctive intra-arterial antithrombotic therapy during endovascular thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Background Half of patients who achieve successful recanalization following endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) for acute ischemic stroke experience poor functional outcome. We aim to investigate whether ...
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Prospective study on embolization of intracranial aneurysms with the pipeline device: the PREMIER study 1 year results
Background Preliminary clinical studies on the safety and efficacy of the pipeline embolization device (PED) for the treatment of small/medium aneurysms have demonstrated high occlusion rates with low ...
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Introducing the Caliber-Flow Status Scale (CFSS): a novel tool for assessing covered cortical branch status after flow diverter treatment of middle cerebral artery aneurysms
Background This study assessed caliber and flow changes of covered cortical middle cerebral artery (MCA) branches using the new Caliber-Flow Status Scale (CFSS), postoperative diffusion-weighted ...
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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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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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Arterial collateral status and treatment effect of intravenous alteplase thrombolysis prior to endovascular treatment in patients with anterior circulation large vessel ...
Background and purpose Collateral blood flow to the affected cerebral territory in acute ischemic stroke may modify the effect of intravenous alteplase treatment (IVT) prior to endovascular treatment ...
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Diagnostic value of the perfusion mismatch ratio in identifying intracranial atherosclerotic disease related occlusion
Background The ability to differentiate intracranial atherosclerotic disease (ICAD) related large vessel occlusion (LVO) from embolism is critical for stroke management. We hypothesized that the ...
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Hyperdense vessel sign as a potential guide for the choice of stent retriever versus contact aspiration as first-line thrombectomy strategy
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 ...
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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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The Rist radial access system: a multicenter study of 152 patients
Background Transradial access (TRA) for neurointervention is becoming increasingly popular as experience with the technique grows. Despite reasonable efficacy using femoral catheters off-label, ...