Endovascular Treatment of Ruptured Brain AVMs in the Acute Phase of Hemorrhage [INTERVENTIONAL]W.J. van Rooij, S. Jacobs, M. Sluzewski, G.N. Beute and B. van der Pol BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Patients with ruptured brain AVMs are at considerable risk of repeat hemorrhage, particularly when associated intranidal or flow-related aneurysms are present. There is controversy about the timing of diagnosis and treatment of patients with...

Multimodal Reperfusion Therapy for Large Hemispheric Infarcts in Octogenarians: Is Good Outcome a Realistic Goal?D. Arkadir, R. Eichel, J.M. Gomori, T. Ben Hur, J.E. Cohen and R.R. LekerAbstractBACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: MMRT may be beneficial in a subset of patients with large hemispheric stroke who cannot be treated with systemic thrombolysis. Because most previous studies only included relatively young patients, the outcome of...

Interobserver Reliability of Baseline Noncontrast CT Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score for Intra-Arterial Stroke Treatment Selection [BRAIN]A.C. Gupta, P.W. Schaefer, Z.A. Chaudhry, T.M. Leslie-Mazwi, R.V. Chandra, R.G. González, J.A. Hirsch and A.J. Yoo: BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Early...

Recanalization with Wingspan Stent for Acute Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion in Failure or Contraindication to Intravenous Thrombolysis: A Feasibility Study [INTERVENTIONALS.M. Sung, T.H. Lee, H.J. Cho, Y.L. Sol, K.H. Park, D.S. Jung and C.W. Kim: BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Recanalization with the Wingspan...

Incomplete mechanical recanalization of middle cerebral artery occlusions facilitates endogenous recanalization within 5 hLoh, Y., Shi, Z., Liebeskind, D., Jahan, R., Gonzalez, N., Vespa, P. M., Starkman, S., Saver, J. L., Tateshima, S., Vinuela, F., Duckwiler, G.Background and purposeSuccessful revascularization can often improve functional outcome after large intracranial arterial occlusions. However, incomplete or unsuccessful...

Routine pre-procedure laboratory testing for patients undergoing outpatient cerebral angiography is not indicatedby Rai, A. T., Domico, J.BackgroundCerebral angiography is a routine low-risk procedure. Laboratory testing is performed in almost all patients. Some testing may be warranted in selected patients but can also result in delays in performing the procedure.PurposeTo determine if routine pre-procedure testing for outpatient...