Objective To summarize the current literature regarding the initial hospital management of
patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) secondary to emergent large vessel occlusion (ELVO…

Background Atherosclerotic intracranial arterial stenosis is an important cause of stroke that
is increasingly being treated with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stenting (PTAS…

Background Early results of the Stenting and Aggressive Medical Management for Preventing
Recurrent stroke in Intracranial Stenosis trial showed that, by 30 days, 33 (14·7%) of 224 …

Materials and methods The Standards and Guidelines Committee of the SNIS, a multidisciplinary
society representing leaders in the field of endovascular therapy for neurovascular …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Wingspan is a self-expanding, microcatheter-delivered
microstent specifically designed for the treatment of symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic …

… Dr Pride has received honoraria payment from the Texas Neurological Society (invited
speaker) and ACOR (invited speaker). Osama O. Zaidat, MD, MS, has acted as a consultant for …

Object. Preoperative embolization is viewed by the authors as a useful adjunct in the surgical
management of cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). This study was performed to …

BACKGROUND: The Enterprise Vascular Reconstruction Device and Delivery System (Cordis;
the Enterprise stent) was approved for use in conjunction with coiling of wide-necked …

OBJECTIVE: Symptomatic vertebrobasilar artery stenosis portends a poor prognosis, even
with medical therapy. Surgical intervention is associated with considerable morbidity, and …

Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty are minimally invasive image-guided procedures that involve
the injection of cement (typically polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA)) into a vertebral body. …