Background and Purpose— The authors present an overview of the current evidence and
management recommendations for evaluation and treatment of adults with acute ischemic …

✓ The authors sought to determine risk for stroke in individuals with symptomatic carotid
stenosis or occlusion based upon an assessment of cerebral blood flow (CBF) reserves. …

Background and Purpose—In clinical trials and observational studies there is considerable
inconsistency in the use of definitions to describe delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI) after …

✓ To evaluate the changes in cerebral blood flow (CBF) that occur immediately after head
injury and the effects of different posttraumatic lesions on CBF, 61 CBF studies were obtained …

Background and Purpose— Numerous imaging techniques have been developed and applied
to evaluate brain hemodynamics. Among these are positron emission tomography, single …

Background The inconsistent effect of hypothermia treatment on severe brain injury in
previous trials might be because hypothermia was induced too late after injury. We aimed to …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Distinguishing whether forces resulting from the
impingement of central blood flow streams at a curved arterial segment or at the apex of an …

Anumber of techniques have been developed during the past four decades to evaluate
cerebral perfusion. The oldest used 133Xe, a lipophilic radioactive tracer that easily diffuses …

OBJECTIVE: In patients with traumatic or ischemic brain injury, hyperthermia is thought to
worsen the neurological injury. We studied fever in the neurosurgical intensive care unit (ICU) …

PURPOSE To describe experience with 500 temporary balloon occlusions of the internal
carotid artery, with particular emphasis on the techniques and complications. METHODS …