Ruptured Cerebral Aneurysms
NC-ICA, MCA, AC/COM (%) VB, PC/COM (%) Cavernous carotid artery (%) <7 mm group 1 0 2.5 0 <7 mm group 2 1.5 3.4 0 7–12 mm 2.6 14.5…
Intracranial Dural Arteriovenous Fistulae
Location (sinus) Typical feeding arteries Venous outlet Typical symptoms Transverse/sigmoid (50 %) ICA, MMA, APA, PA, OA, VA Transverse/sigmoid sinus Pulsatile tinnitus, bruit, headaches Cavernous sinus (10–16 %) ICA, IMA,…
Neurointervention and the Otolaryngologist: Head and Neck Surgeon
Fig. 16.1 Carotid blowout. (a) Contrast cervical axial CT scan showing recurrent laryngeal cancer encasing the right carotid artery (arrow). (b) Pretreatment angiogram showing a carotid-esophageal fistula with manual compression…
Intra-arterial Thrombolysis in Acute Ischemic Stroke
Fig. 7.1 Right MCA thrombectomy. (a) Right MCA is occluded at its origin (arrow). (b) Super-selective microcatheter injection demonstrates placement of the microcatheter tip (arrow) distal to the clot burden….
Endovascular Treatment of Cerebral Sinus Thrombosis
Pregnancy Puerperium Infection related Direct septic trauma Cerebral abscess Subdural empyema Meningitis Tuberculous meningitis Otitis media Orbital cellulitis Tonsillitis Dental infections Stomatitis Cellulitis Septicemia Pulmonary tuberculosis Endocarditis Measles Hepatitis Herpes…
Preoperative Tumor Embolization
Fig. 14.1 Gadolinium-enhanced axial image showing avid enhancement of a right middle fossa meningioma (a). Catheter angiography demonstrates a significant tumor blush with microcatheter injection of the internal maxillary artery…
The Role of Wada Testing in Contemporary Epilepsy Surgery
Fig. 9.1 Lateral projection image of a persistent trigeminal artery. These fetal remnants may allow intra-arterial injections to affect the brainstem and thalami, potentially leading to impairment of consciousness and…
Neurointervention and Neuroprotection in Stroke
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Randall C. Edgell, Sean I. Savitz and John Dalfino (eds.)Neurointervention in the Medical SpecialtiesCurrent Clinical Neurology10.1007/978-1-4939-1942-0_18 18. Neurointervention and Neuroprotection in Stroke Aaron P. Tansy1 and David S. Liebeskind2 (1) Department of Neurology, Mount…
Just Over the Horizon: Catheter Delivery of Stem Cell Therapy
Author Cell type Patients Stroke type Timeline for infusion Pretreatment/infusion Comments Moniche F et al., Asturias, Spain [201] Autologous CD34+ bone marrow cells 20 MCA infarct 5–9 days None/intra-arterial Phase…
