Therapeutic advances in interventional neurology.
Rapid advances in the field of interventional neurology and the development of minimally invasive techniques have resulted in a great expansion of potential therapeutic applications. We discuss therapeutic interventional neurology as applied in clinical practice in one of the two possible ways: 1) embolization leading to occlusion of blood vessels; and 2) revascularization leading to reopening of blood vessels. These procedures can be applied to a broad range of cerebrovascular diseases. In the first section of this review, we will explore the evolution of these interventions to occlude aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, neurovascular tumors, and injuries. In the second section, revascularization in acute ischemic stroke, stenosis, and dural venous thrombosis will be discussed.
Kirmani
Jawad F
JF
Zeenat Qureshi Stroke Research Center, Department of Neurology and Neurosciences, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey 07103, USA. jkirmani@hotmail.com
Janjua
Nazli
N
Al Kawi
Ammar
A
Ahmed
Shafiuddin
S
Khatri
Ismail
I
Ebrahimi
Ali
A
Divani
Afshin A
AA
Qureshi
Adnan I
AI
D000818:Animals; D002548:Cerebral Revascularization; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006801:Humans; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*