title: Therapeutic advances in interventional neurology.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Jawad F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Kirmani
authors.forename: Nazli
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Janjua
authors.forename: Ammar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Al Kawi
authors.forename: Shafiuddin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: Ismail
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Khatri
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ebrahimi
authors.forename: Afshin A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Divani
authors.forename: Adnan I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Qureshi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002548:Cerebral Revascularization; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006801:Humans; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*