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Endoluminal flow diverting stents for middle cerebral artery bifurcation aneurysms: multicenter cohort
Conclusion FDS treatment for MCA bifurcation aneurysms is feasible, with comparable safety and efficacy profiles to other available endovascular options when utilized in carefully selected aneurysms. Jailing of M2 branches was not associated with a higher risk of post-procedural ischemic complications.
Source: Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery - October 14, 2022 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Salem, M. M., Khorasanizadeh, M., Lay, S. V., Renieri, L., Kuhn, A. L., Sweid, A., Massari, F., Moore, J. M., Tjoumakaris, S. I., Jabbour, P., Puri, A. S., Ogilvy, C. S., Jankowitz, B. T., Burkhardt, J.-K., Kan, P., Limbucci, N., Cognard, C., Thomas, A. J Tags: Hemorrhagic stroke Source Type: research

E-096 COVID status is related to clot burden during thrombectomy in acute stroke patients
ConclusionOf 230 patients included in this interim analysis across 24 centers in the United States, between 02/2021 and 01/2022, 16 patients had a history of COVID. Comparing COVID-positive to non-positive, patients with COVID were younger (median 66.5 years vs 71.5 years, p 0.042), and had more intracranial clot by weight (median 101.0 mg vs 42.0 mg, p 0.047). There was a trend toward COVID positive patients to have more clot volume (median 180 cc vs 77.5 cc p 0.08), suggesting the difference was a higher clot burden instead of more density to the thrombus. These results suggest different histopathological characteristics...
Source: Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery - July 23, 2022 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Fraser, J., Dabney, A., Vicari, J., Rivet, D., Woodward, B., Nanda, A., Fiorella, D., Baltan, S., Sohrabji, F., Pennypacker, K., Kellner, C. Tags: SNIS 19th annual meeting electronic poster abstracts Source Type: research

O-052 The pennsylvania post-market multicenter experience with flow re-direction endoluminal device (FRED)
ConclusionThe results of the early post-market experience with the FRED device show reasonable safety and adequate aneurysmal occlusion rates comparable to other flow diverters. However, more extensive multicenter studies with more extended follow-up data are needed to assess the long-term safety and durability of the device.Abstract O-052 Table 1Baseline descriptive statistics Number of patients n=61 Gender Male 11 (18%) Female 50 (82%) Age (Years: median; IQR) 58 (51 – 68) Multiple Intracranial Aneurysms 21 (34.4%) Family history of aneurysms 9 (14.8%) Smoking History Never smokers 26 (42.6%) Past smokers 13 (21.3...
Source: Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery - July 23, 2022 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Salem, M., Kvint, S., Hendrix, P., Al Saiegh, F., Gajjar, A., Goren, O., Gross, B., Jabbour, P., Lang, M., Schirmer, C., Tjoumakaris, S., Griessenauer, C., Burkhardt, J. Tags: SNIS 19th annual meeting oral abstracts Source Type: research

Acute Stroke Diagnosis
Am Fam Physician. 2022 Jun 1;105(6):616-624.ABSTRACTStroke accounts for significant morbidity and mortality and is the fifth leading cause of death in the United States, with direct and indirect costs of more than $100 billion annually. Expedient recognition of acute neurologic deficits with appropriate history, physical examination, and glucose testing will help diagnose stroke and rule out mimicking presentations. The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale should be used to determine stroke severity and to monitor for evolving changes in clinical presentation. Initial neuroimaging is used to differentiate between isc...
Source: American Family Physician - June 15, 2022 Category: Primary Care Authors: Edwin Y Choi Gilberto A Nieves Darrell Edward Jones Source Type: research

A Novel Homozygous Non-sense Mutation in the Catalytic Domain of MTHFR Causes Severe 5,10-Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase Deficiency
Conclusion: We identified a novel non-sense mutation in MTHFR gene in a single Egyptian family with severe MTHFR deficiency. The present investigation is clinically important, as it adds to the growing list of MTHFR mutations, which might help in genetic counseling of families of affected children and proper genotype-phenotype correlation. Background Severe 5,10-Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR; OMIM 236250) deficiency is a rare inborn error of metabolism and inherited in an autosomal recessive fashion. It is a very common disorder of folate metabolism and is clinically characterized with low plasma methion...
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - April 23, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis Is Associated With Circadian and Other Variability in Embolus Detection
Conclusions: Embolism associated with asymptomatic carotid stenosis shows circadian variation with highest rates 4–6 h before midday. This corresponds with peak circadian incidence of stroke and other vascular complications. These and ASED Study results show that monitoring frequency, duration, and time of day are important in ES detection. Introduction Transcranial Doppler (TCD) detected microembolism in the ipsilateral middle cerebral artery (MCA) may help stratify the risk of stroke and other arterial disease complications in persons with advanced (≥60%) asymptomatic carotid stenosis. If so, this t...
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - April 15, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research