Background Flow-diverting stents (FDS) have revolutionized the treatment of large, giant, and wide-neck intracranial aneurysms. FDS promote thrombosis and aneurysm occlusion by redirecting blood flow ...

Background Previous studies suggest that it may be inappropriate to determine treatment strategies solely based on the degree of stenosis for patients with intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis (ICAS) ...

Background Aneurysm wall enhancement (AWE) on vessel wall imaging (VWI) scans is a robust biomarker for aneurysmal vulnerability. This study aimed to explore the association of different sleep ...

Correspondence to Ms Seyedeh Fatemeh Salimi Ashkezari, Department of Bioengineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA; ssalimia{at}gmu.edu Background Although it is generally believed ...

This May, the World Health Assembly (WHA) will vote on re-establishing a mandate for the WHO to address the health consequences of nuclear weapons and war.1 Health professionals and their associations ...

Correspondence to Dr Eytan Raz, Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY 10012, USA; eytan.raz{at}gmail.com All volumetric datasets acquired by modern angiographic machines are based ...

Correspondence to Professor Hon-Man Liu, Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei 10016, Taiwan; hmliu{at}ntu.edu.tw Cerebral hyperperfusion syndrome (CHS) is a clinical syndrome ...

Background Half of the patients with large vessel occlusion (LVO)-related acute ischemic stroke (AIS) who undergo endovascular reperfusion are dead or dependent at 3 months. We hypothesize that in ...

Diagnostic value of the perfusion mismatch ratio in identifying intracranial atherosclerotic disease related occlusion Arterial collateral status and treatment effect of intravenous alteplase ...

Correspondence to Dr Santiago Ortega-Gutierrez, Department of Neurology, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA; santy-ortega{at}uiowa.edu Endovascular treatment of ...

Background Although aspiration and stent retriever thrombectomy perform similarly in proximal occlusions, no comparative series are available in distal occlusions. We aimed to compare the 3 mm Trevo ...

Background Calcified cerebral emboli (CCEs) are a rare cause of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) and are frequently associated with poor outcomes. The presence of dense calcified material enables reliable ...