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Radiation exposure during transvenous embolization of cerebrospinal fluid venous fistulae: determinants, benchmarks, and mitigation strategies

Background and purpose Transvenous embolization for cerebrospinal fluid–venous fistula (CVF)-related spontaneous intracranial hypotension is increasingly performed, yet procedure-level dosimetry and ...
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Balloon guide catheters improve first-pass effect and neurologic outcomes in mechanical thrombectomy: a matched cohort analysis

Background and purpose The use of balloon guide catheters (BGCs) versus guide sheaths (GSs) for mechanical thrombectomy (MT) in large-vessel occlusive acute ischemic stroke (LVO-AIS) remains ...
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Endovascular treatment for ruptured and unruptured vertebral artery dissecting aneurysms: a meta-analysis

Correspondence to Dr Hongqi Zhang, Department of Neurosurgery, Xuanwu Hospital, 45, Changchun Ave, XiCheng District, Beijing 100053, China; hqzh{at}vip.163.com Dr Renzhi Wang, Department of ...
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Stent-screw-assisted internal fixation: the SAIF technique to augment severe osteoporotic and neoplastic vertebral body fractures

Objectives To describe a new technique to obtain minimally invasive but efficient vertebral body (VB) reconstruction, augmentation, and stabilization in severe osteoporotic and neoplastic fractures, ...
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Infundibular dilations of the posterior communicating arteries: pathogenesis, anatomical variants, aneurysm formation, and subarachnoid hemorrhage

Correspondence to Dr Ching-Jen Chen, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Box 800212, Virginia 22908, USA; chenjared{at}gmail.com Background ...
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Current endovascular treatment options of dural venous sinus thrombosis: a review of the literature

Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, USA Correspondence to Dr C J Prestigiacomo, Neurological Surgery, University of Medicine and ...
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A survey of intracranial aneurysm treatment practices among United States physicians

Background Recent surveys have failed to examine cerebrovascular aneurysm treatment practices among US physicians. Objective To survey physicians who are actively involved in the care of patients with ...
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Ticagrelor for CYP2C19 loss-of-function carriers undergoing intracranial aneurysm stenting

Objectives This study aimed to evaluate whether replacing clopidogrel with ticagrelor in CYP2C19 loss-of-function (LOF) carriers can reduce the incidence of perioperative ischemic events in ...
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Super large bore catheters in the treatment of stroke: systematic review

Background Super large bore aspiration catheters (SLACs; inner diameter ≥0.080 inch) have been introduced to enhance efficacy in mechanical thrombectomy for large vessel occlusion (LVO). Although ...
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Post-procedural edema and related clinical outcomes after curative endovascular brain arteriovenous malformation embolization: an MRI-based cohort study

Background Curative embolization of brain arteriovenous malformations (bAVMs) using transarterial (TAE) and transvenous (TVE) embolization approaches has emerged over the past decade as a promising ...
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Hemodynamic modulation of transnidal pressure during transvenous arteriovenous malformation embolization: an experimental porcine model

Background Optimization of transvenous embolization of brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) depends on effective modulation of the transnidal pressure gradient. Pharmacologic flow arrest with ...
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Association of tirofiban with outcomes in acute basilar artery occlusion: an etiology-stratified post hoc analysis of the ATTENTION trial

Background and purpose Acute basilar artery occlusion (BAO) is a lethal neurovascular emergency where endovascular treatment (EVT) is limited by futile reperfusion. Tirofiban’s adjunctive use in BAO ...