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Superior Hypophyseal Artery Aneurysms Have the Lowest Recurrence Rate with Endovascular Therapy N. Chalouhi  et al AbstractBACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Given the challenges posed by surgical clipping, endovascular techniques have been increasingly used to treat SHA aneurysms. The purpose of this study was to assess the safety and efficacy of endovascular techniques in the treatment of SHA aneurysms.MATERIALS AND METHODS: Medical...

http://jnis.bmj.com/content/early/2012/02/17/neurintsurg-2011-010189.short Pre-intervention triage incorporating perfusion imaging improves outcomes in patients undergoing endovascular stroke therapy: a comparison with the device trials Ansaar T Rai, Karthikram Raghuram, ...

  It has been known that contrast is neurotoxic and my teachers have always told me to use less as far as possible A recent article nicely shows the same.... http://stroke.ahajournals.org/content/39/12/3283.full Microcatheter Contrast Injections During Intra-Arterial Thrombolysis May Increase Intracranial Hemorrhage Risk  Pooja Khari et al Abstract Background and Purpose— During intra-arterial revascularization,...

Hemorrhagic Risk of Recent Silent Cerebral Infarct on Prethrombolysis MR Imaging in Acute Stroke by Gaillard, N., Schmidt, C., Costalat, V., Bousquet, J. P., Heroum, C., Milhaud, D., Bonafe, A., Arquizan, C.  BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: EIH is a rare complication after thrombolysis in patients with acute stroke, occurring in brain regions without visible ischemic change on pretreatment imaging. RSCIs can be detected by multimodal...