Background It is debated whether endovascular treatment is indicated for a symptomatic chronically occluded internal carotid artery (COICA). Objective To assess outcomes after endovascular treatment ...

Correspondence to Dr Ching-Jen Chen, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA; chenjared{at}gmail.com Objective Although ...

2 Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 3 Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, ...

Correspondence to Dr Kazim H Narsinh, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA; kazim.narsinh{at}ucsf.edu Pulsatile tinnitus is a debilitating symptom affecting millions ...

Correspondence to Dr Brian Hoh, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida, PO Box 100265, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA; brian.hoh{at}neurosurgery.ufl.edu Introduction There is an absence of ...

Background Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a high-resolution, intra-vascular diagnostic technique widely used for the characterization of vascular pathologies and optimization of stent ...

Correspondence to Dr Alim P Mitha, Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada; amitha{at}ucalgary.ca Introduction The advent of metal ...

Background One-year and 3-year outcomes for the SCENT trial have previously been reported. However, 5-year (long-term) clinical outcomes have not previously been described. Methods In this multicenter ...

1 Department of Neurosurgery, Methodist Hospital Institute, The Methodist Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College, Houston, Texas, USA 2 Department of Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, ...

Correspondence to Dr Juan Carlos Martinez-Gutierrez, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Juan.C.MartinezGutierrez{at}uth.tmc.edu The latest ...

Background Challenging anatomy for carotid artery access can result in a delay to achieve successful recanalization in patients with acute ischemic stroke. Our objective was to study emergent direct ...

4 Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA Background Reperfusion times for ischemic stroke occurring in the outpatient setting have improved significantly in recent years.