Archive for the ‘Interventional’ Category

Re: Piotin M, Blanc R, Spelle L, Mounayer C, Piantino R, Schmidt PJ, Moret J. Stent-Assisted Coiling of Intracranial Aneurysms. Clinical and Angiographic Results in 216 Consecutive Aneurysms. Stroke 2010;41:110-15; published online before print December [...]

I have three questions for radiologists who perform spinal injections for pain management.
1. How many people regularly do cervical nerve root blocks?
2. Are you using CT or conventional fluoro?
3. If you are using CT, do [...]

This article references:
Gallas S, Januel AC, Pasco A, et al. Long-Temr Follow-Up of 1036 Cerebral Aneurysms Treated by Bare Colis: A Multicentric Cohort Treated between 1998 and 2003. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol first published on [...]

Does the insurance company require the certification of neurointerventionist for payment of the interventional procedure?
I’m an interventional neuroradiologist in South Korea. Korea’s health insurance service inquired of the Korean Society of Interventional Neuroradiology what is [...]

Does anyone know what this mass could be? It was biopsied 2 years ago and pathology reported it as  “normal brain tissue”.
As you can see, the lesion is hyperintense on T2, hypointense on T1 and [...]

Package inserts for the Echelon, Marathon, and UltraFlow microcatheters from EV3 note that these devices are specifically “contraindicated for neonatal and pediatric use”. Since these microcatheters are needed to inject Onyx, these contraindications indicate that [...]

www.AngioCalc.com
Cerebral Aneurysm Calculator
This recently revised website is dedicated to providing quality resources for the management of cerebral aneurysms and features an online calculator for calculating cerebral aneurysm volume and percent packing volume after coil embolization. [...]

Satoshi Tateshima, MD, D.M.Sc., Assistant Professor-Director of the Aneurysm Program, Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.

Gary Duckwiler, MD, Director of Clinical Affairs and Fellowship Director, Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, Ronald Reagan UCLA [...]

Comment on: D.M. Yousem and S.K. Gujar Are C1–2 Punctures for Routine Cervical Myelography below the Standard of Care? AJNR Am J Neuroradiol first published on April 15, 2009 as doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A1594
In an original research [...]

A recent article published by Dr Robert Willinsky and colleagues from Toronto is noteworthy and an excellent addition to the literature on the subject of endovascular treatment of ruptured aneurysms. This is one of the [...]