Background and Purpose— This study evaluated the safety and efficacy of aggressive
mechanical clot disruption (AMCD) in acute stroke patients with persisting middle cerebral artery (…

Background and Purpose— The optimal approach for acute ischemic stroke patients who do
not respond to intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (IV rt-PA) is uncertain. …

A 55 year old female receiving gemcitabine for stage IV non-small cell carcinoma of the
lung developed the clinical-radiologic syndrome of posterior reversible encephalopathy …

Twenty-four patients clinically diagnosed as having migraine (17 of the classic or common
type and seven of the complicated type) were evaluated on a 0.5-T or 0.6-T superconductive …

Spontaneous dissection of the internal carotid artery is being recognized as a more frequent
cause of acute neurologic deficit, particularly in young persons. Saccular pseudoaneurysm …

OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE: We describe the first documented endovascular treatment
of proximal intracranial mycotic aneurysms by a self-expanding, flexible, dedicated, …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Reteplase (RP) and urokinase (UK) are being used “off-label”
to treat acute ischemic stroke. The safety and efficacy of intra-arterial RP or UK in the …

Postpartum cerebral angiopathy (PCA) is an uncommon cause of ischemic and hemorrhagic
stroke in young women. It is usually clinically benign and not relapsing. We describe a …

BACKGROUND: Endovascular therapy (ET) of internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis is
equivalent to carotid endarterectomy for stroke prevention; however, patients with ICA occlusion …

The preoperative MR findings in 11 patients, all of whom had developed recurrent low back
pain after surgery for herniated lumbar intervertebral disk, were correlated with the surgical …