title: Endovascular treatment of cerebrovascular diseases and intracranial neoplasms.
abstract: Cerebrovascular diseases are an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Endovascular treatment has emerged as a minimally invasive approach to treat cerebrovascular diseases and possibly intracranial neoplasms. Practice patterns for selection of patients for endovascular treatment are continuously being modified on the basis of new information derived from clinical studies. In this review, I discuss the various endovascular treatments for diseases such as ischaemic stroke, carotid and intracranial stenosis, intracranial aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, malignant gliomas, and meningiomas.
authors.affiliation: Cerebrovascular Diseases Program, Department of Neurology and Neurosciences, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ 07103-2425, USA. aiqureshi@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Adnan I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Qureshi
mesh_terms: D017130:Angioplasty / Q000379:methods; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy*; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents; D005910:Glioma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007261:Infusions, Intra-Arterial; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D008579:Meningioma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D015607:Stents; D020521:Stroke / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents