Mario Muto, Naples, Italy, tells NeuroNews about the importance of cooperation between diagnostic neurologists and interventional neuroradiologists and that better clinical results can be obtained when medical and endovascular therapy are combined. [read more]
The concept of temporary endovascular bypass is fundamental to the success of the stentriever approach to acute stroke treatment. Establishing early blood flow is key in preserving brain from irreversible ischaemic damage, write Maxim Mokin, Elad I Levy and Tareq Kass-Hout. [read more]
Current case series have suggested that the Pipeline Embolization Device (ev3/Covidien) is a safe and effective treatment. However, uncertainty still remains in predicting the risk of, and preventing delayed rupture and thrombotic occlusion, writes George Kwok-chu Wong, Hong Kong, China. [read more]
Makoto Negoro, Toyoake-Nagoya, Japan, tells NeuroNews that simulation-based training is beginning to receive great attention in surgery and endovascular intervention. He says the simulator, called EVE, which takes its initials from EndoVascular Evaluator, is able to analyse the process and the result of an intervention performed by a trainee. [read more]
Firas Al-Ali, Kalamazoo, USA, explains the devising of a new tool, the Capillary Index Score, to aid in patient selection, and states that by offering intra-arterial ischaemic stroke treatment as early as possible to suitable patients, it might be possible to break the 50% barrier. [read more]
Physicians from Notre-Dame Hospital, Montreal, Canada and University of Alberta Hospital Edmonton, Canada, spoke to NeuroNews about the hope, hype and hoopla surrounding flow diverters, and why the most important aspect of the FIAT trial is not the scientific knowledge gained but the protection of patients. [read more]
Pedro Lylyk, Buenos Aires, Argentina, gives an overview of the different techniques used in the treatment of giant aneurysms and shares his long-term experience with flow diversion of 444 aneurysms, 55.5% of which were giant or large. [read more]
Some physicians take the view that MRI imaging is seen as the coming modality of choice, even for emergency situations. They say angiography has a role, albeit a small one. In this opinion article, Charles Strother takes a different view. [read more]
Martin Radvany, Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, USA, spoke to Interventional News about the new devices available for the treatment of embolic stroke. [read more]
Marco Leonardi, president of the XIX Symposium Neuroradiologicum which was held in Bologna, 4–9 October 2010, spoke to NeuroNews about recent developments in neuroradiology, his research interests and relevant research findings which emerged from the XIX Symposium Neuroradiologicum, among other topics. [read more]
