Fellows’ Journal Club Sixty-three consecutive patients who presented to the authors’ institution with cervicofacial venous malformations and underwent postcontrast MR imaging were studied. Three neuroradiologists reviewed brain MRIs for the presence of developmental venous anomalies, dural venous sinus ectasia, and
Miss out on the March 2018 AJNR Tweet Chat? No worries, catch up on all the discussion. March 2018 Chat – Vessel Wall Imaging Hosted by Drs. Mahmud Mossa-Basha (@mossabas) & Waleed Brinjikji (@WBrinjikji). The discussion covered VW (vessel wall) MRI protocols
Editor’s Choice Seventy-seven patients with unilateral internal carotid artery stenosis underwent preoperative 3DT2*-weighted imaging using a multiple dipole-inversion algorithm with a 7T MR scanner. Quantitative susceptibility mapping images wereobtained, and oxygen extraction fraction maps were generated. Quantitative brain perfusion single-photon
Fellows’ Journal Club This study included 47 patients from 10 centers presenting between January 2009 through April 2016with acute neck pain or tenderness and at least 1 cervical image showing unclassified carotid abnormalities. The authors conducted a systematic, retrospective study
Fellows’ Journal Club The authors report the angiographic anatomy and clinical significance of 9 cases of descending and 2 cases of ascending thoracic vertebral arteries. Located within the upper costotransverse spaces, ascending and descending thoracic vertebral arteries may have important
Editor’s Choice The authors investigated the role of emergent endovascular stenting of long-segment carotid dissections in the acute ischemic stroke setting in 15 patients. They specifically evaluated long-segment carotid dissections requiring stent reconstruction with multiple tandem stents (≥ 3 stents)
Fellows’ Journal Club Angiotensin II stimulates intraplaque hemorrhage in animal models, and the angiotensin system is highly regulated by vitamin D. The authors’ purpose was to determine whether low vitamin D levels predict carotid intraplaque hemorrhage (IPH). In this cross-sectional
