Objective Fractional flow (FF) reserve has been developed as a gold standard for coronary intervention. Intracranial FF is also a valuable hemodynamic index to assess the severity of narrowing in ...

Purpose Large bore catheters are increasingly used in mechanical thrombectomy (MT) for large vessel occlusions (LVOs). Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of the super-large bore Cereglide 0 ...

Background Recent studies support the effectiveness of mechanical thrombectomy (MT) for distal medium vessel occlusions (DMVOs). The RED 43 catheter has been introduced as a primary catheter for ...

Background Preoperative embolization has been used for intracranial meningiomas for nearly 40 years with varying preferences for embolic materials and limited comparative data on their efficacy.

In the recent editorial on middle meningeal artery embolization for chronic subdural hematoma,1 Levitt et al assert that the three recently published randomized trials of middle meningeal artery ...

Background Treatment options for cervical internal carotid artery (c-ICA) occlusion in tandem occlusions (TOs) include emergent carotid artery stenting (eCAS) and angioplasty. We attempted to ...

Background Dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) is necessary to prevent thromboembolic complications after stent-assisted coiling (SAC) or flow-diversion (FD) for cerebral aneurysms, but the optimal ...

Correspondence to Dr Giuseppe Lanzino, Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st St SW Rochester, MN 55905, USA; lanzino.giuseppe{at}mayo.edu Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is ...

1 Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China Correspondence to Dr Xiaobing Jiang, Department of Spinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of ...

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 ...

Background Robotic-assisted neurointervention was recently introduced, with implications that it could be used to treat neurovascular diseases. Objective To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of ...

Correspondence to Dr Bart J Emmer, Department of Radiology, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, Amsterdam, Netherlands; b.j.emmer{at}amsterdamumc.nl Background Endovascular treatment (EVT) is ...