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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. The site now includes product information from five major coil manufacturers including newly released coils. There is also an Imaging Library featuring multiple high resolution Netter neurovascular anatomical drawings. The site is designed to aid in both daily practice and as a research tool.

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A Second-Generation, Endoluminal, Flow-Disrupting Device for Treatment of Saccular Aneurysms

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 Medical Center

Flow diversion stents and endoluminal flow-disrupting devices are new therapeutic approaches to treat challenging intracranial aneurysms [1,2]. The first generation Pipeline Embolization Device (PED) has already been used in clinical practice. The reported results of PED treatment of intracranial aneurysms appear to be promising and very encouraging for the neuro-endovascular field [1,2]. However, there has always been a lingering concern associated with … Continue reading >>

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AJNR Paper Points to Future of Severe Ischemic Stroke Treatment

Acute ischemic stroke remains the most important neurologic malady in the world.  Severe strokes caused by artery occlusion are a minority of all strokes, but cause most of the poor outcomes and costs associated with stroke.  Neurointerventionalists have effective therapies, but too few  stroke patients undergo endovascular procedures.  The reasons are multiple, but a major reason is that patients too frequently arrive beyond the traditional time windows for treatment.  A way to break out of this dilemma is described in the paper recently ePublished in the AJNR (N. Janjua, A. El-Gengaihy, J. Pile-Spellman, and A.I. Qureshi Late Endovascular Revascularization in Acute Ischemic Continue reading >>

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