Editor’s Choice The authors set out to determine the agreement between collateral flow assessment on CTA and DSA and their respective associations with clinical outcome. They used patient data that was randomized in MR CLEAN with middle cerebral artery occlusion
Shaya MR, Gragnaniello C, Nader R. Neurosurgery Practice Questions and Answers. 2nd ed. Thieme; 2016; 256 pp; 150 ill; $59.99 In this 256-page, softcover publication, there are 805 multiple choice questions, followed by the answers to each question. There are a
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
Editor’s Choice Twenty-four patients with recurrent high-grade gliomas were scanned before and during bevacizumab treatment with standard and delayed-contrast MRI. The mean change in lesion volumes of responders (overall survival, >1 year) and nonresponders (overall survival, <1 year) was evaluated.
Fundamentals of Body MRI 2nd Edition Christopher G. Roth, Sandeep Deshmukh (Authors) Elsevier; 2016; 504 pages; 1595 illustrations; $89.99
Saber H, Silver B, Santillan A, Azarpazhooh MR, Misra V, Behrouz R. Role of emergent chest radiography in evaluation of hyperacute stroke. Neurology. 2016;87(8):782–785. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000002964. Despite evidence supporting the prompt administration of IV rtPA, fewer than one-third of acute ischemic
Omid Nikoubashman recently received the Lucien Appel Prize for best research paper from the European Society of Neuroradiology Scientific Awards Committee. This honor was presented for his article “Prospective Hemorrhage Rates of Cerebral Cavernous Malformations in Children and Adolescents Based
Nadgir R, Yousem DM. Neuroradiology: The Requisites. 4th ed. Elsevier; 2017; 640 pp; 1200 ill; $109.99 In the 4th edition (2017) of the remarkably successful Neuroradiology: The Requisites, Drs. Nadgir and Yousem offer a text that follows the same format and
Fellows’ Journal Club This is a retrospective review of 48 patients with 50 carotid-ophthalmic aneurysms in which 44 patients with 46 aneurysms were treated with flow diversion from June 2009 to June 2015. There were no permanent adverse visual outcomes.
Editor’s Choice SMARCB1 (INI1) is a tumor-suppressor gene that has been implicated in a growing number of malignancies involving multiple anatomic sites, including the kidneys, soft tissues, and the CNS (See OMIM *601607). The authors describe a case series of
