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 ...

Flow diversion for posterior circulation intracranial aneurysms: a systematic review and meta-analysis ...

Background Flow diverters have revolutionized the treatment of intracranial aneurysms. However, the delayed complications associated with flow diverter use are unknown. Objective To evaluate the ...

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 ...

Correspondence to Dr Athos Patsalides, Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, Department of Neurological Surgery, Weill Cornell Medine, New York, NY 10065, USA; atp9002{at}med.cornell.edu Aims We ...

Background Whether pretreatment with intravenous thrombolysis prior to mechanical thrombectomy (IVT+MTE) adds additional benefit over direct mechanical thrombectomy (dMTE) in patients with large ...

2 Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy 3 Department of Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, ‘Santo Spirito’ Hospital, Pescara, Italy ...

Background and purpose Flow arrest with balloon guide catheters (BGCs) is becoming increasingly recognized as critical to optimizing patient outcomes for mechanical thrombectomy. We performed a ...

Correspondence to Dr Justin F Fraser, Neurological Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA; Jfr235{at}uky.edu ...

Background Malignant gliomas continue to have a poor clinical outcome with available therapies. In the past few years, new targeted biologic therapies have been studied, with promising results.

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 ...

Methods This is a retrospective, site adjudicated, multicenter study on consecutive patients with large vessel occlusion treated with the Walrus BGC. Baseline characteristics, procedural outcomes and ...