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Editorials
Perspectives
Editorials
Review Articles
Expedited Publication
- WEB-DL Endovascular Treatment of Wide-Neck Bifurcation Aneurysms: Short- and Midterm Results in a European Study
Short- and midterm results of endovascular aneurysm treatment with the new WEB-DL device were assessed in 45 patients from 12 European centers. Of these, 42 aneurysms were unruptured and most were located either in the MCA bifurcation or the posterior circulation. Adequate occlusion was observed in 81% and 90% of aneurysms at 6 and 13 months, respectively. Results suggest that WEB endovascular treatment of wide-neck bifurcation aneurysms offers stable occlusion in a class of aneurysms that are historically unstable.
Methodologic Perspectives
Patient Safety
Genetics Vignette
Brain
- Evaluation of Common Structural Brain Changes in Aging and Alzheimer Disease with the Use of an MRI-Based Brain Atrophy and Lesion Index: A Comparison Between T1WI and T2WI at 1.5T and 3T
This study assesses the usefulness of a set of established structural findings in Alzheimer disease with various MRI sequences at 2 different field strengths in 127 subjects. Scores of atrophy and lesion burden were reliable across sequences and unit strength and were lowest in individuals with cognitive impairment, higher in those with Alzheimer disease, and also correlated with age, cognitive performance, and amyloid-β test. Although the results were slightly better at 3T, the authors concluded that even at 1.5T scores were reliable.
Interventional
Commentary
Extracranial Vascular
Head & Neck
Pediatrics
- Left Hemisphere Diffusivity of the Arcuate Fasciculus: Influences of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Language Impairment
The authors used DTI measurements of the arcuate fasciculus in 14 children with language impairment, in 16 autistic children with language impairment, 18 autistic children without language impairment, and 25 controls. Although white matter abnormalities appeared similar in language impairment and autism spectrum disorder when examining broad white matter measures, detailed analysis indicated different mechanisms for the white matter microstructural anomalies associated with these disorders.



