Interventional Stroke Therapies in the Elderly: Are We Helping?N. Zeevi, G.A. Kuchel, N.S. Lee, I. Staff and L.D. McCulloughLouise D. McCullough, MD, PhD, The Stroke Clinic at Hartford Hospital, 80 Seymour St, Suite JB603, Hartford, CT 06102; e-mail:lmccullough@uchc.eduAbstractBACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: It is unclear...

Extending the Time Window for Endovascular Procedures According to Collateral Pial Circulation [Original Contributions; Clinical Sciences]: Background and Purpose—Good collateral pial circulation (CPC) predicts a favorable outcome in patients undergoing intra-arterial procedures. We aimed to determine if CPC status may be used to decide about pursuing recanalization efforts.Methods—Pial collateral score (0–5) was determined on...

Wonderful articlethis was always suspected or rather known that small aneurysms do rupture but the prospective trials could not show this. Sato et al have now come with this article and proven statistically that some aneurysms form and rupture soon after while others remain stable and do not rupture for long.Risk Profile of Intracranial Aneurysms: Rupture Rate Is Not Constant After Formation [Original Contributions; Clinical Sciences]:...