The appearance of cognitive dysfunction after cardiac surgery in the absence of focal
neurologic signs, a poorly understood but potentially devastating complication, almost certainly …

PURPOSE: To describe the predictors of persistent hypotension after carotid artery stent (CAS)
placement and define the clinical outcome of patients with this hemodynamic disturbance…

✓ The authors describe the method and results of treatment of 12 consecutive patients with
carotid-cavernous sinus fistulas (CCFs). Treatment was by embolization via a transvenous …

We present five cases of giant serpentine aneurysms (large, partially thrombosed aneurysms
containing tortuous vascular channels with a separate entrance and outflow pathway) and …

PURPOSE To report our experience using intraarterial thrombolysis in the treatment of
vertebrobasilar occlusion. METHODS Twelve patients with 13 angiographically proved …

We tested the hypotheses that with the onset of cerebral ischemia, massive cellular sodium
influx does not occur until adenosine triphosphate is fully depleted and that on reperfusion, …

OBJECTIVE: Symptomatic dissections of the cervical carotid artery (CCA) can be
spontaneous or secondary to trauma and may be associated with pseudoaneurysms. Surgical …

We describe two patients with dural fistulas who presented with dementia and diffuse white
matter signal changes on MR that significantly improved after surgery. One patient had …

A balloon test occlusion of the internal carotid artery was performed in 11 patients with
internal carotid artery aneurysms. Tolerance by patients was assessed by a combination of …

Symptomatic patients with dural carotid-cavernous fistulas often require treatment. Traditional
therapies, which often are not completely successful, include manual common carotid …