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Pipeline endovascular device for the treatment of intracranial aneurysms at the level of the circle of Willis and beyond: multicenter experience

Background and purpose The aim of our study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the pipeline endovascular device for the treatment of anterior circulation aneurysms at the level of the circle ...
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Evaluation of stroke thrombectomy including patients where IV thrombolysis is contraindicated or has failed: a randomized trial of two novel thrombectomy devices

Background Study was a PROBE design phase II randomized controlled trial (RCT). We assessed trial feasibility and technical efficacy and safety of two novel thrombectomy devices – ERIC (a retriever ...
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Predictors of futile recanalization in patients undergoing endovascular treatment in the DIRECT-MT trial

Background Futile recanalization—when patients have a successful recanalization but fail to achieve a satisfactory functional outcome— is a common phenomenon of endovascular treatment of acute ...
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Republished: Real-time MRI guidance for intra-arterial drug delivery in a patient with a brain tumor: technical note

Patients suffering from malignant brain tumors are burdened with a grim prognosis. The blood brain barrier is considered a primary obstacle in therapeutic drug delivery to the brain. Intra-arterial ...
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Beyond the first pass: revascularization remains critical in stroke thrombectomy

Correspondence to Dr Gaurav Jindal, Division of Interventional Neuroradiology University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA ; drjindal{at}gmail.com Background The first pass effect ...
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Fast and slow progressors of infarct growth in basilar artery occlusion strokes

Background Heterogeneity in the infarct growth rate among anterior circulation large vessel occlusion (LVO) strokes has triage and treatment implications. Such data are lacking for basilar artery ...
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Adjunctive use of eptifibatide for complication management during elective neuroendovascular procedures

1 Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, NY, USA 2 Department of Neurosurgery, Kaleida Health, Buffalo, New York, ...
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Minimally invasive surgery for evacuation of intracerebral hematoma by neurointerventionalists: initial experience

Background There is growing interest and evidence in spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) evacuation with minimally invasive surgery (MIS). If early ICH evacuation becomes the standard of care, ...
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Early and effective intracerebral hemorrhage evacuation is associated with a lower 1-year residual cavity volume and better functional outcomes

Background We explored the clinical significance of the residual hematoma cavity 1 year after minimally invasive intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) evacuation. Methods Patients presenting with spontaneous ...
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Catheter based selective hypothermia reduces stroke volume during focal cerebral ischemia in swine

Background Total body hypothermia is an established neuroprotectant in global cerebral ischemia. The role of hypothermia in acute ischemic stroke remains uncertain. Selective application of ...
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Efficacy and safety of low dose intravenous cangrelor in a consecutive cohort of patients undergoing neuroendovascular procedures

Background Cangrelor is an intravenous P2Y12 inhibitor with rapid onset and fast offset of antiplatelet action. Dose adjusted cangrelor based on platelet function testing is suggested to be ...
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Angioplasty and stent placement for complete occlusion of the vertebral artery secondary to giant cell arteritis

1 Department of Medicine, Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, Pennsylvania, USA 2 Neurosciences Institute, Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, Pennsylvania, USA Correspondence to Dr Q A Shah, ...