2 Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA 3 Department of Neurosurgery, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA 4 UCLA Stroke Center, Los Angeles, California, USA 5 ...

Background Accurate assessment of the prevalence of large vessel occlusion (LVO) in patients presenting with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is critical for optimal resource allocation in neurovascular ...

Correspondence to Dr Peter Kan, Neurosurgery, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA; ptkan{at}utmb.edu Background Survival for glioblastoma remains very poor ...

Background A study was undertaken to determine the incidence of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) and strokes related to large (LVO) and medium (MVO) vessel occlusions, and to estimate annual mechanical ...

Correspondence to Dr Ansaar T Rai, Interventional Neuroradiology, West Virginia University, Room 2278, HSCS, PO Box 9235, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA; ansaar.rai{at}gmail.com Background Data on large ...

Correspondence to Dr. Zhiming Zhou, Department of Neurology, Yijishan Hospital of Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, 241001, Anhui, China ; neuro_depar{at}hotmail.com Background Malignant brain edema (MBE) ...

1 Institute for Science and Technology in Medicine, Guy Hilton Research Centre, Keele University, Stoke-on-Trent, UK 2 School of Medicine, Postgraduate Education, Keele University, Stoke-on-Trent, UK ...

Correspondence to Dr Anna Andriana Kyselyova, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg 20246, Germany; a.kyselyova{at}uke.de ...

Background Navigable, large diameter aspiration catheters demonstrate markedly improved recanalization rates over smaller lumen devices in suction embolectomy. We evaluated the performance of a novel ...

Introduction Wide-necked bifurcation aneurysms (WNBAs) present unique technical challenges for both endovascular and surgical treatments which aim to achieve complete occlusion of the aneurysm without ...

Background Whether the safety and efficacy of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stenting (PTAS) is significantly different from that of medical treatment alone for symptomatic intracranial ...

Background Intracranial hemorrhage is the major safety concern of standard-dose ticagrelor (90 mg twice daily) based dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT). The bleeding avoidance strategy through dose ...