Background Primary balloon angioplasty (PBA) is an alternative treatment approach for intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis (ICAS); however, its efficacy may be compromised by arterial dissection or ...

Background In patients with stroke, current guidelines recommend non-invasive vascular imaging to identify intracranial vessel occlusions (VO) that may benefit from endovascular treatment (EVT).

Background Competitive leptomeningeal flow (CLF) can be observed immediately after mechanical thrombectomy (MT) reperfusion with retrograde contrast clearing of the distal leptomeningeal branches from ...

Correspondence to Dr Reade De Leacy, Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York 10029, USA; reade.deleacy{at}mountsinai.org Background Treated aneurysms must be followed over time ...

Correspondence to Dr Edgar A Samaniego, Interventional Neuroradiology/Endovascular Neurosurgery Division Department of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Radiology ...

Background Venous stenting has been proven to be a safe and effective therapeutic option for patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) and cerebral venous sinus stenosis (CVSS). However ...

4 Medical University of South Carolina, Public Health Sciences, Charleston, South Carolina, USA 5 Medical University of South Carolina, Hospital Administration, Charleston, South Carolina, USA ...

Introduction Approximately 30,000 patients experience ruptured aneurysms annually. Rupture is fatal in 50% of cases, and among those who survive, 66% suffer permanent neurological morbidity. Compliant ...

Background Flow disruption with the WEB is an innovative endovascular approach for treatment of wide-neck bifurcation aneurysms. Initial studies have shown a low complication rate with good efficacy.

Introduction In recent years, there was a rising concern for increased rate aneurysm recanalization and retreatment following Woven EndoBridge (WEB) embolization due to device compaction. This ...

Correspondence to Dr Atsushi Ogata, Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga 849-8501, Japan; ogata.a24{at}gmail.com Background and purpose CT scans often reveal ...