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Liang X, Tong X, Xue X, Liu A, Hu Z. Comparison of pipeline embolization device and tubridge flow diverter for posterior circulation aneurysms: A multicentre propensity score matched study. Heliyon 2024; 10:e27410. [PMID: 38510002 PMCID: PMC10950592 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Revised: 02/26/2024] [Accepted: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024] Open
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Rationale and objectives The off-label use of flow diverters (FDs) has broadened to include treating aneurysms in posterior circulation (PC). A novel flow diverter, the Tubridge flow diverter (TFD), has been created in China specifically for treating PC aneurysms. However, studies comparing between pipeline embolization device (PED) and TFD are rare. Thus, our study aimed to explore the effectiveness of PED and TFD in the treatment of PC aneurysms using a propensity score matched cohort design. Methods Retrospective data collection was conducted on patients who underwent treatment with either PED or TFD over the period from 2015 through 2020. Propensity score matching (PSM) was employed to calibrate for patient age; history of ischemic stroke; aneurysm size; morphology; location and neck; number of FDs; parent vessel diameter; and the employment of assisted coiling and balloon techniques. Data on previously ruptured aneurysms was not included in the analysis. A comparison was conducted between the two devices to assess perioperative complications, aneurysm occlusion rates, and functional outcomes. Results A total of 252 PC aneurysms were treated in 248 patients. Clinical and imaging follow-ups were lost in 26 and 47 patients, respectively. Major perioperative complications occurred in 7.5% of the cases, with favorable clinical outcomes in 91.0% and complete occlusion in 79.1%. Eighty-two (32.5%) aneurysms were treated with TFD, while 170 (67.5%) aneurysms were treated with PED. PSM was used to account for these significant variations, producing 82 matched pairs of unruptured aneurysms treated with PED or TFD. In terms of functional and angiographic outcomes, no significant differences were found between PED and TFD (functional outcome, p = 0.594 and angiographic outcome, p = 0.415). However, more perioperative major complications were found in patients treated with TFD (p = 0.005) compared with those receiving PED. Conclusion The comparative study of PED and TFD in the treatment of PC aneurysms resulted in positive clinical results and sustained occlusion rates, with acceptable perioperative complications. However, higher quality studies are needed to enhance our understanding of the use of FDs for treating of PC aneurysms.
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- Xin Liang
- Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100038, China
- Department of Neurosurgery, Capital Medical University Affiliated Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Beijing, 100038, China
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- Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100070, China
- Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100070, China
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- Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100070, China
- Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100070, China
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- Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100070, China
- Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100070, China
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- Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100038, China
- Department of Neurosurgery, Capital Medical University Affiliated Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Beijing, 100038, China
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Matsukawa H, Uchida K, Shirakawa M, Kinjo N, Kuramoto Y, Sakakibara F, Shindo S, Yamada K, Yoshimura S. Prognostic Factors in Patients with Unruptured Vertebral and Basilar Fusiform Aneurysms Treated with Endovascular Procedures : A Single Center Retrospective Analysis. Clin Neuroradiol 2023; 33:1035-1044. [PMID: 37296346 DOI: 10.1007/s00062-023-01305-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2022] [Accepted: 05/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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PURPOSE Large vertebral and basilar fusiform aneurysms (VFA) are sometimes difficult to cure by endovascular treatment (EVT). We aimed to elucidate indicators of poor outcomes of EVT in patients with VFAs. METHODS Clinical data from 48 patients with 48 unruptured VFAs in the Hyogo Medical University were retrospectively analyzed. The primary outcome was defined as satisfactory aneurysm occlusion (SAO) according to Raymond-Roy grading scale. The secondary and safety outcomes were a modified Rankin scale (mRS) score of 0-2 at 90 days, retreatment, major stroke, and aneurysm-related death after EVT. RESULTS The EVT included stent-assisted coiling (n = 24; 50%), flow diverter (n = 19; 40%), and parent artery occlusion (n = 5; 10%). The SAO was less frequently observed in large or thrombosed VFAs at 12 months (64%, p = 0.021 and 62%, p = 0.014, respectively), especially when the aneurysms were both large and thrombosed (50%, p = 0.0030). Retreatment was more common in large aneurysms (29%, p = 0.034), thrombosed (32%, p = 0.011), and large thrombosed aneurysms (38%, p = 0.0036). Although the proportion of mRS 0-2 at 90 days and major stroke showed no significant differences, that of post-treatment rupture was significantly larger in large thrombosed VFAs (19%, p = 0.032). Aneurysm-related death occurred by aneurysm rupture and was more frequent in large thrombosed VFA (19%, p = 0.032). Multivariate analysis showed SAO at 12 months was less common (adjusted odds ratio, OR: 0.036, 95% confidence interval, CI 0.00091-0.57; p = 0.018), and retreatment was more common (adjusted OR 43, 95% CI 4.0-1381; p = 0.0012) in large thrombosed VFA. CONCLUSION The large thrombosed VFAs were associated with poor outcomes after EVT including flow diverter.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Hyogo Medical University, 1-1 Mukogawa, 663-8501, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Hyogo Medical University, 1-1 Mukogawa, 663-8501, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Hyogo Medical University, 1-1 Mukogawa, 663-8501, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Hyogo Medical University, 1-1 Mukogawa, 663-8501, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Hyogo Medical University, 1-1 Mukogawa, 663-8501, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Hyogo Medical University, 1-1 Mukogawa, 663-8501, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan.
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Xia J, Peng F, Chen X, Yang F, Feng X, Niu H, Xu B, Liu X, Guo J, Zhong Y, Sui B, Ju Y, Kang S, Zhao X, Liu A, Zhao J. Statins may Decrease Aneurysm wall Enhancement of Unruptured Fusiform Intracranial Aneurysms: A high-resolution 3T MRI Study. Transl Stroke Res 2023:10.1007/s12975-023-01190-0. [PMID: 37673834 DOI: 10.1007/s12975-023-01190-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2023] [Revised: 08/18/2023] [Accepted: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/08/2023]
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Inflammation plays an integral role in the formation, growth, and progression to rupture of unruptured intracranial aneurysms. Aneurysm wall enhancement (AWE) in high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (HR-MRI) has emerged as a surrogate biomarker of vessel wall inflammation and unruptured intracranial aneurysm instability. We investigated the correlation between anti-inflammatory drug use and three-dimensional AWE of fusiform intracranial aneurysms (FIAs). We retrospectively analyzed consecutive patients with FIAs in our database who underwent 3T HR-MRI at three Chinese centers. FIAs were classified as fusiform-type, dolichoectatic-type, or transitional-type. AWE was objectively defined using the aneurysm-to-pituitary stalk contrast ratio in three-dimensional space by determining the contrast ratio of the average signal intensity in the aneurysmal wall and pituitary stalk on post-contrast T1-weighted images. Data on aneurysm size, morphology, and location, as well as patient demographics and comorbidities, were collected. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to determine factors independently associated with AWE of FIAs on HR-MRI. In total, 127 FIAs were included. In multivariate analysis, statin use (β = -0.236, P = 0.007) was the only independent factor significantly associated with decreased AWE. In the analysis of three FIA subtypes, the fusiform and transitional types were significantly associated with statin use (rs = -0.230, P = 0.035; and rs = -0.551, P = 0.010; respectively). It establishes an incidental correlation between the use of statins daily for ≥ 6 months and decreased AWE of FIAs. The findings also indicate that the pathophysiology may differ among the three FIA subtypes.
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- Jiaxiang Xia
- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute and Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute and Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute and Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Neurosurgery Center, Department of Cerebrovascular Surgery, Engineering Technology Research Center of Education Ministry of China on Diagnosis and Treatment of Cerebrovascular Disease, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute and Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute and Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Tiantan Neuroimaging Center of Excellence, National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute and Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
- Center for Neurological Diseases, China National Clinical Research, Beijing, China.
- Center of Stroke, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, China.
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine for Cerebrovascular Disease, Beijing, China.
- Beijing Translational Engineering Center for 3D Printer in Clinical Neuroscience, Beijing, China.
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Kim JH, Ko YS, Kwon SM, Kim CH, Lee CY. Predictive Factors of Recurrence after Endovascular Treatment of Unruptured Vertebrobasilar Fusiform Aneurysms. Clin Neuroradiol 2023; 33:73-86. [PMID: 35763061 DOI: 10.1007/s00062-022-01184-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 06/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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PURPOSE This study aimed to investigate the predictive factors of recurrence after endovascular treatment (EVT) for unruptured vertebrobasilar fusiform aneurysms (VBFA). METHODS This single-center retrospective study evaluated 36 patients who underwent EVT of unruptured VBFA between 2008 and 2020. Variables influencing recurrence, such as size, type, thrombus, preoperative symptoms, and treatment methods, were analyzed. All patients were followed up using vessel imaging. RESULTS In total, 7 of 36 patients (19.4%) developed recurrence. The mean time from EVT to recurrence was 9.2 months (range 2-26.9 months). Maximum aneurysmal diameter on magnetic resonance imaging was decreased, increased, and remained unchanged in 1, 7, and 28 patients, respectively. Transitional type VBFA, brain compression symptoms, large aneurysmal diameter and length, preoperative modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score ≥ 2, sole stenting technique, and intra-aneurysmal thrombus significantly influenced the risk of recurrence. Post-EVT, 7 (19.4%) patients showed complete occlusion of the aneurysm on the immediate postoperative angiogram, and 22 (61.1%) patients showed complete occlusion on the 1‑year follow-up imaging. Good outcomes were observed in 32 patients (88.9%) at the last follow-up, with a mRS score of 0-1 after EVT. CONCLUSION EVT achieves good outcomes in unruptured VBFA. Transitional type VBFA, brain compression symptoms, large aneurysmal diameter and length, preoperative mRS score ≥ 2, sole stenting technique, and intra-aneurysmal thrombus are risk factors for aneurysm recurrence after EVT.
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- Jae Hyun Kim
- Department of Neurosurgery, Dongsan Medical Center, Keimyung University School of Medicine, 1035, Dalgubeol-daero, 42601, Dalseo-gu, Daegu, Korea (Republic of)
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Dongsan Medical Center, Keimyung University School of Medicine, 1035, Dalgubeol-daero, 42601, Dalseo-gu, Daegu, Korea (Republic of)
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Dongsan Medical Center, Keimyung University School of Medicine, 1035, Dalgubeol-daero, 42601, Dalseo-gu, Daegu, Korea (Republic of)
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Dongsan Medical Center, Keimyung University School of Medicine, 1035, Dalgubeol-daero, 42601, Dalseo-gu, Daegu, Korea (Republic of)
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Dongsan Medical Center, Keimyung University School of Medicine, 1035, Dalgubeol-daero, 42601, Dalseo-gu, Daegu, Korea (Republic of).
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Risk factors for intracranial aneurysm rupture in pediatric patients. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2022; 164:1145-1152. [PMID: 34415443 DOI: 10.1007/s00701-021-04957-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Accepted: 07/28/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Intracranial aneurysm (IA) rupture in pediatric patients is a rare but fatal condition. Although risk factors for aneurysm rupture in adults have been well documented, they remain unknown in pediatric patients. METHODS Data for 94 pediatric patients with IAs were retrospectively analyzed. The patients were divided into ruptured and unruptured groups. Risk factors for aneurysm rupture were analyzed through univariable and multiple logistic regression analyses. Typical patients with risk factors were described. RESULTS Univariable analyses showed that the unruptured group had significantly higher percentages of giant aneurysms (43.2% vs 12.3%, P = 0.002), wide-neck aneurysms (67.6% vs 29.8%, P = 0.001), and aneurysms located in the internal carotid artery (40.5% vs 3.5%, P < 0.001), while the ruptured group had significantly higher percentages of patients younger than 5 years old (28.1% vs 5.4%, P = 0.013) and aneurysms located in the anterior cerebral artery (24.6% vs 5.4%, P = 0.032), posterior cerebral artery (14.0% vs 0%, P = 0.045), and distal arterial region (DAR) (46.8% vs 27.0%, P < 0.001). Multiple logistic regression analysis confirmed that age 0-5 years (OR = 6.844, P = 0.042) and IAs located in the DAR (OR = 4.162, P = 0.029) were independently related to an increased risk of rupture. Wide-necked aneurysms (OR = 0.235, P = 0.047) were independently associated with a lower risk of rupture. CONCLUSIONS Among pediatric patients, age younger than 5 years and lesions located in the DAR are independent risk factors for IA rupture, while an IA with a wide neck acts as a protective factor.
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Saalfeld S, Stahl J, Korte J, Miller Marsh LM, Preim B, Beuing O, Cherednychenko Y, Behme D, Berg P. Can Endovascular Treatment of Fusiform Intracranial Aneurysms Restore the Healthy Hemodynamic Environment?–A Virtual Pilot Study. Front Neurol 2022; 12:771694. [PMID: 35140672 PMCID: PMC8818669 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.771694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2021] [Accepted: 12/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Numerous studies assess intracranial aneurysm rupture risk based on morphological and hemodynamic parameter analysis in addition to clinical information such as aneurysm localization, age, and sex. However, intracranial aneurysms mostly occur with a saccular shape located either lateral to the parent artery or at a bifurcation. In contrast, fusiform intracranial aneurysms (FIAs), i.e., aneurysms with a non-saccular, dilated form, occur in approximately 3–13% of all cases and therefore have not yet been as thoroughly studied. To improve the understanding of FIA hemodynamics, this pilot study contains morphological analyses and image-based blood flow simulations in three patient-specific cases. For a precise and realistic comparison to the pre-pathological state, each dilation was manually removed and the time-dependent blood flow simulations were repeated. Additionally, a validated fast virtual stenting approach was applied to evaluate the effect of virtual endovascular flow-diverter deployment focusing on relevant hemodynamic quantities. For two of the three patients, post-interventional information was available and included in the analysis. The results of this numerical pilot study indicate that complex flow structures, i.e., helical flow phenomena and the presence of high oscillating flow features, predominantly occur in FIAs with morphologically differing appearances. Due to the investigation of the individual healthy states, the original flow environment could be restored which serves as a reference for the virtual treatment target. It was shown that the realistic deployment led to a considerable stabilization of the individual hemodynamics in all cases. Furthermore, a quantification of the stent-induced therapy effect became feasible for the treating physician. The results of the morphological and hemodynamic analyses in this pilot study show that virtual stenting can be used in FIAs to quantify the effect of the planned endovascular treatment.
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- Sylvia Saalfeld
- Research Campus STIMULATE, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
- Department of Simulation and Graphics, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
- *Correspondence: Sylvia Saalfeld
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- Research Campus STIMULATE, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
- Department of Fluid Dynamics and Technical Flows, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Research Campus STIMULATE, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
- Department of Simulation and Graphics, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Research Campus STIMULATE, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
- Department of Fluid Dynamics and Technical Flows, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Department of Simulation and Graphics, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, AMEOS Hospital Bernburg, Bernburg, Germany
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- Endovascular Centre, Dnipropetrovsk Regional Clinical Hospital named after I.I. Mechnikov, Dnipro, Ukraine
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- Research Campus STIMULATE, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
- Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Research Campus STIMULATE, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
- Department of Fluid Dynamics and Technical Flows, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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Goroshchenko SA. [Diagnosis and treatment of non-saccular vertebrobasilar aneurysms]. ZHURNAL VOPROSY NEIROKHIRURGII IMENI N. N. BURDENKO 2022; 86:109-114. [PMID: 35758086 DOI: 10.17116/neiro202286031109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To systematize the data on diagnosis and treatment of non-saccular vertebrobasilar aneurysms. MATERIAL AND METHODS We have analyzed modern and fundamental studies in the PubMed database for the period 1969-2020. The following keywords were used: non-saccular aneurysm, dolichoectasia, vertebrobasilar pool. Fifty-nine studies including 1 meta-analysis, 9 case reports, 24 reviews and 25 original articles were selected. RESULTS Analysis of literature data indicates various unresolved problems associated with difficult diagnosis and choice of treatment that results high rates of disability and mortality. CONCLUSION Data on anatomical features of non-saccular aneurysms, such as presence or absence of perforating arteries within the affected arterial segment, analysis of electrophysiological changes following brainstem compression by aneurysm can serve as factors that will improve treatment outcomes in these patients.
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- S A Goroshchenko
- Polenov Russian Research Neurosurgical Institute - Branch of the Almazov National Medical Research Center, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Cao S, Zhu X, Wu Q, Ni X, He J, Cui P, Ge T, Wang J, Xu W, Xia M. Basilar Artery Dolichosis Increases the Risk of Long-Term Recurrence in Patients With Pontine Infarction: A Prospective Cohort Study. Front Neurol 2021; 12:788145. [PMID: 34966351 PMCID: PMC8710450 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.788145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background and Purpose: Patients with basilar artery (BA) dolichosis are at high risk of acute pontine infarction (API), but the association between BA dolichosis and long–term stroke recurrence has received little attention. We aimed to identify the effect of BA dolichosis on the risk of long–term brainstem infarction recurrence in patients with API. Methods: In this prospective cohort study, we enrolled 113 patients with API admitted to our department. BA dolichosis was diagnosed by a BA curve length >29.5 mm or bending length (BL) >10 mm on magnetic resonance angiography. The primary outcome was the occurrence of diffusion–weighted imaging (DWI)–confirmed brainstem infarction. The Cox proportional hazard model was used to detect possible predictors of brainstem infarction recurrence. Results: Among 113 patients with API, 39 (34.5%) patients had BA dolichosis, and DWI–confirmed brainstem infarction recurred in 15 (13.3%) patients with a mean follow–up time of 31.2 months; the estimated 5–year incidence of brainstem infarction recurrence was 23.1% in patients with BA dolichosis, which was significantly higher than the incidence of 8.1% in patients without BA dolichosis. Cox proportional hazard analysis showed that age ≥65 years (hazard ratio (HR) = 3.341, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.079–10.348, P = 0.036) and BA dolichosis (HR = 3.048, 95% CI: 1.069–8.693, P = 0.037) were significantly associated with a higher risk of brainstem infarction recurrence. In a subgroup analysis stratified by age, the patients aged ≥65 years with BA dolichosis had a higher risk of brainstem infarction recurrence (HR = 7.319, 95% CI: 1.525–35.123, P = 0.013). Conclusions: This study indicates that BA dolichosis may increase the risk of long–term brainstem infarction recurrence in patients with API, especially in elderly patients, and therefore warrants more attention in clinical practice.
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- Shugang Cao
- Department of Neurology, The Second People's Hospital of Hefei, Hefei, China
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- Department of Geriatrics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Second People's Hospital of Hefei, Hefei, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Second People's Hospital of Hefei, Hefei, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Second People's Hospital of Hefei, Hefei, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second People's Hospital of Hefei, Hefei, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Second People's Hospital of Hefei, Hefei, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Second People's Hospital of Hefei, Hefei, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Second People's Hospital of Hefei, Hefei, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Second People's Hospital of Hefei, Hefei, China
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Rinaldo L, Nasr DM, Flemming KD, Lanzino G, Brinjikji W. Relationship of brainstem infarction to rupture of nonsaccular vertebrobasilar aneurysms. J Neurosurg 2021; 135:1591-1597. [PMID: 33892472 DOI: 10.3171/2020.9.jns201937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2020] [Accepted: 09/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Symptomatic nonsaccular vertebrobasilar aneurysms (NSVBAs) are associated with high rates of aneurysm-related death. Anecdotal evidence suggests that brainstem infarction may be a harbinger of aneurysm rupture. The authors aimed to investigate the association between brainstem infarction and subsequent NSVBA rupture. METHODS The clinical records and radiographic imaging studies of patients presenting to the authors' institution between 1996 and 2019 for evaluation and management of an NSVBA were retrospectively reviewed to determine the effect of perforating artery infarction on the natural history of NSVBAs. Kaplan-Meier curves for patients with and patients without perforator infarction were constructed, and predictors of aneurysm rupture were identified using a multivariate Cox proportional hazards model. RESULTS There were 98 patients with 591.3 person-years of follow-up who met the inclusion criteria for analysis. There were 20 patients who experienced perforator infarction during follow-up. Ten patients (10.2%) experienced aneurysm rupture during follow-up and 26 patients (26.5%) died due to aneurysm-related complications, with annual rates of rupture and aneurysm-related death of 1.7% and 4.4%, respectively. Five patients with a perforator infarction later experienced aneurysm rupture, with a median time between infarction and rupture of 3 months (range 0-35 months). On multivariate analysis, the presence of intraaneurysmal thrombus (risk ratio [RR] 4.01, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.12-14.44, p = 0.033) and perforator infarction (RR 6.37, 95% CI 1.07-37.95, p = 0.042) were independently associated with risk of aneurysm rupture. CONCLUSIONS NSVBAs continue to be extremely challenging clinical entities with a poor prognosis. These results suggest that brainstem infarction due to perforating artery occlusion may be a harbinger of near-term aneurysm rupture.
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- Departments of1Neurosurgery
- 3Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Departments of1Neurosurgery
- 3Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Tsunoda S, Inoue T. Microsurgical Treatment Strategy of Vertebral Artery Fusiform Aneurysm-From the Standpoint of Hemodynamic Integrity and Perforator Preservation. Front Neurol 2021; 12:728176. [PMID: 34616354 PMCID: PMC8488355 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.728176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 08/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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During treatment of vertebral artery (VA) fusiform aneurysms, it is critical to preserve peripheral perforators and anterograde blood flow of the VA and to reduce hemodynamic load to the contralateral VA. Even in the era of endovascular treatment, there are still many benefits to using microsurgical treatments with appropriate clip application and preservation of the perforators around the aneurysm, in conjunction with various bypass techniques. The ideal microsurgical technique involves reconstructive clipping that obliterates the aneurysm but preserves anterograde blood flow of the VA, followed by isolation of the aneurysm and VA reconstruction. If these two methods are unavailable, proximal clipping of the aneurysm combined with flow-augmentation bypass to the distal branch can be considered as an alternative surgical management. We discuss the microsurgical treatment of unruptured VA fusiform aneurysms in our surgical cases on the basis of a review of the current literature.
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- Sho Tsunoda
- Department of Neurosurgery, NTT Medical Center Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, NTT Medical Center Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Double Barrel Stent-supported Supranominal Flow Diverter Expansion for Treatment of Symptomatic Basilar Trunk Aneurysm : Technical Note. Clin Neuroradiol 2021; 32:863-867. [PMID: 34498095 DOI: 10.1007/s00062-021-01088-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2021] [Accepted: 08/12/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Church EW. Commentary: Presigmoid Transpetrosal Approach for Superficial Temporal Artery to Distal Posterior Cerebral Artery Bypass and Trapping of Aneurysm. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown) 2021; 20:E239-E240. [PMID: 33428763 DOI: 10.1093/ons/opaa435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Ephraim W Church
- Department of Neurosurgery, Penn State Health, Hershey, Pennsylvania.,Cerebral Revascularization Program, Penn State Health, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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Church EW, Bigder MG, Sussman ES, Gummidipundi SE, Han SS, Heit JJ, Do HM, Dodd RL, Marks MP, Steinberg GK. Treatment of posterior circulation fusiform aneurysms. J Neurosurg 2021; 134:1894-1900. [PMID: 32707547 DOI: 10.3171/2020.4.jns192838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2019] [Accepted: 04/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Perforator arteries, the absence of an aneurysm discrete neck, and the often-extensive nature of posterior circulation fusiform aneurysms present treatment challenges. There have been advances in microsurgical and endovascular approaches, including flow diversion, and the authors sought to review these treatments in a long-term series at their neurovascular referral center. METHODS The authors performed a retrospective chart review from 1990 to 2018. Primary outcomes were modified Rankin Scale (mRS) scores and Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) scores at follow-up. The authors also examined neurological complication rates. Using regression techniques, they reviewed independent and dependent variables, including presenting features, aneurysm location and size, surgical approach, and pretreatment and posttreatment thrombosis. RESULTS Eighty-four patients met the inclusion criteria. Their mean age was 53 years, and 49 (58%) were female. Forty-one (49%) patients presented with subarachnoid hemorrhage. Aneurysms were located on the vertebral artery (VA) or posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) in 50 (60%) patients, basilar artery (BA) or vertebrobasilar junction (VBJ) in 22 (26%), and posterior cerebral artery (PCA) in 12 (14%). Thirty-one (37%) patients were treated with microsurgical and 53 (63%) with endovascular approaches. Six aneurysms were treated with endovascular flow diversion. The authors found moderate disability or better (mRS score ≤ 3) in 85% of the patients at a mean 14-month follow-up. The GOS score was ≥ 4 in 82% of the patients. The overall neurological complication rate was 12%. In the regression analysis, patients with VA or PICA aneurysms had better functional outcomes than the other groups (p < 0.001). Endovascular strategies were associated with better outcomes for BA-VBJ aneurysms (p < 0.01), but microsurgery was associated with better outcomes for VA-PICA and PCA aneurysms (p < 0.05). There were no other significant associations between patient, aneurysm characteristics, or treatment features and neurological complications (p > 0.05). Patients treated with flow diversion had more complications than those who underwent other endovascular and microsurgical strategies, but the difference was not significant in regression models. CONCLUSIONS Posterior circulation fusiform aneurysms remain a challenging aneurysm subtype, but an interdisciplinary treatment approach can result in good outcomes. While flow diversion is a useful addition to the armamentarium, traditional endovascular and microsurgical techniques continue to offer effective options.
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- 3Quantitative Sciences Unit, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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- Departments of1Neurosurgery and
- 3Quantitative Sciences Unit, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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- Departments of1Neurosurgery and
- 2Radiology, and Stanford Stroke Center; and
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- Departments of1Neurosurgery and
- 2Radiology, and Stanford Stroke Center; and
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- Departments of1Neurosurgery and
- 2Radiology, and Stanford Stroke Center; and
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- Departments of1Neurosurgery and
- 2Radiology, and Stanford Stroke Center; and
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Sabotin RP, Varon A, Roa JA, Raghuram A, Ishii D, Nino M, Galloy AE, Patel D, Raghavan ML, Hasan D, Samaniego EA. Insights into the pathogenesis of cerebral fusiform aneurysms: high-resolution MRI and computational analysis. J Neurointerv Surg 2021; 13:1180-1186. [PMID: 33632878 DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2020-017243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2020] [Revised: 01/26/2021] [Accepted: 01/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND Intracranial fusiform aneurysms are complex and poorly characterized vascular lesions. High-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (HR-MRI) and computational morphological analysis may be used to characterize cerebral fusiform aneurysms. OBJECTIVE To use advanced imaging and computational analysis to understand the unique pathophysiology, and determine possible underlying mechanisms of instability of cerebral fusiform aneurysms. METHODS Patients with unruptured intracranial aneurysms prospectively underwent imaging with 3T HR-MRI at diagnosis. Aneurysmal wall enhancement was objectively quantified using signal intensity after normalization of the contrast ratio (CR) with the pituitary stalk. Enhancement between saccular and fusiform aneurysms was compared, as well as enhancement characteristics of fusiform aneurysms. The presence of microhemorrhages in fusiform aneurysms was determined with quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM). Three distinct types of fusiform aneurysms were analyzed with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and finite element analysis (FEA). RESULTS A total of 130 patients with 160 aneurysms underwent HR-MRI. 136 aneurysms were saccular and 24 were fusiform. Fusiform aneurysms had a significantly higher CR and diameter than saccular aneurysms. Enhancing fusiform aneurysms exhibited more enhancement of reference vessels than non-enhancing fusiform aneurysms. Ten fusiform aneurysms underwent QSM analysis, and five aneurysms showed microhemorrhages. Microhemorrhage-positive aneurysms had a larger volume, diameter, and greater enhancement than aneurysms without microhemorrhage. Three types of fusiform aneurysms exhibited different CFD and FEA patterns. CONCLUSION Fusiform aneurysms exhibited more contrast enhancement than saccular aneurysms. Enhancing fusiform aneurysms had larger volume and diameter, more enhancement of reference vessels, and more often exhibited microhemorrhage than non-enhancing aneurysms. CFD and FEA suggest that various pathophysiological processes determine the formation and growth of fusiform aneurysms.
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- Ryan Phillip Sabotin
- Department of Neurology, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Department of Neurology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Department of Neurology, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Department of Neurology, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Roy J Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Roy J Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Department of Neurology, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Roy J Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Department of Neurology, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA .,Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.,Department of Radiology, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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Telles JPM, Solla DJF, Yamaki VN, Rabelo NN, da Silva SA, Caldas JGP, Teixeira MJ, Junior JR, Figueiredo EG. Comparison of surgical and endovascular treatments for fusiform intracranial aneurysms: systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis. Neurosurg Rev 2020; 44:2405-2414. [PMID: 33205313 DOI: 10.1007/s10143-020-01440-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Revised: 10/14/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Fusiform intracranial aneurysms (FIA) are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. We carried out a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data with propensity score adjustment to compare the functional and angiographic outcomes between surgical and endovascular approaches to FIA. We conducted a systematic review for articles on the treatment of FIA with individual patient-level detailing. Data from patients treated for FIA in our institution from 2010 to 2018 were also collected. The primary studied outcome was morbidity, and secondary outcomes were angiographic results and retreatment. Propensity score-adjusted mixed-effects logistic regression models evaluated treatment options, stratified by anatomical location. Compiling original and published data, there were 312 cases, of which 79 (25.3%) had open surgery, and 233 (74.5%) were treated with endovascular procedures. There were no differences between treatment groups, for neither cavernous ICA (OR 1.04, 95% CI 0.05-23.6) nor supraclinoid aneurysms (OR 7.82, 95% CI 0.65-94.4). Both size (OR 1.11, 95% CI 1.03-1.19) and initial mRS (OR 2.0, 95% CI 1.2-3.3) were risk factors for morbidity, independent of location. Neither age nor rupture status influenced the odds of posterior morbidity. Unfavorable angiographic outcomes were more common in the endovascular group for supraclinoid and vertebrobasilar aneurysms (χ2, P < 0.01). There were no differences between morbidity of surgical and endovascular treatments for FIA, regardless of aneurysm location. Size and initial mRS were correlated with functional outcomes, whereas age and rupture status were not. Microsurgery seems to yield better long-term angiographic results compared to endovascular procedures.
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- João Paulo Mota Telles
- Department of Neurology, Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Department of Neurology, Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Neurology, Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Neurology, Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Neurology, Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Neurology, Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Neurology, Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Neurology, Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Dobrocky T, Piechowiak EI, Goldberg J, Barvulsky Aleman E, Nicholson P, Lynch J, Bervini D, Kaesmacher J, Agid R, Krings T, Raabe A, Gralla J, Pereira VM, Mordasini P. Absence of pontine perforators in vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia on ultra-high resolution cone-beam computed tomography. J Neurointerv Surg 2020; 13:580-584. [PMID: 33087525 PMCID: PMC8142461 DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2020-016818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Revised: 09/23/2020] [Accepted: 09/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Background Vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia (VBDE) is a rare type of non-saccular intracranial aneurysm, with poor natural history and limited effective treatment options. Visualizing neurovascular microanatomy in patients with VBDE has not been previously reported, but may yield insight into the pathology, and provide important information for treatment planning. Objective To carry out a retrospective analysis of ultra-high resolution cone-beam computed tomography (UHR-CBCT) in patients with fusiform basilar aneurysms, visualizing neurovascular microanatomy of the posterior circulation with a special focus on the pontine perforators. Methods UHR-CBCT was performed in seven patients (mean age 59 years; two female) with a VBDE, and in 14 control patients with unrelated conditions. Results The mean maximum diameter of the fusiform vessel segment was 28 mm (range 19–36 mm), and the mean length of the segment was 39 mm (range 15–50 mm). In all patients with VBDE, UHR-CBCT demonstrated an absence of perforating arteries in the fusiform arterial segment and a mean of 3.7 perforators arising from the unaffected vessel segment. The network of interconnected superficial circumferential pontine arteries (brainstem vasocorona) were draping around the aneurysm sac. In controls, a mean of 3.6, 2.5, and 1.2 perforators were demonstrated arising from the distal, mid-, and proximal basilar artery, respectively. Conclusions The absence of pontine perforators in the fusiform vessel segment of VBDE is counterbalanced by recruitment of collateral flow from pontine perforators arising from the unaffected segment of the basilar artery, as well as collaterals arising from the anterior inferior cerebellar artery/posterior inferior cerebellar artery and superior cerebellar artery. These alternative routes supply the superficial brainstem arteries (brainstem vasocorona) and sustain brainstem viability. Our findings might have implications for further treatment planning.
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- Tomas Dobrocky
- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Medical Imaging and Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University Health Network - Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Medical Imaging and Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University Health Network - Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Medical Imaging and Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University Health Network - Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Medical Imaging and Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University Health Network - Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Medical Imaging and Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University Health Network - Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Cao L, Zhu C, Eisenmenger L, Du X, Liu J, Yang Q, Lu J, Li K, Saloner D. Wall enhancement characteristics of vertebrobasilar nonsaccular aneurysms and their relationship to symptoms. Eur J Radiol 2020; 129:109064. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2020.109064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2020] [Revised: 04/18/2020] [Accepted: 05/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Griessenauer CJ, Enriquez-Marulanda A, Taussky P, Biswas A, Grandhi R, Xiang S, Hong T, Rinaldo L, Lanzino G, Brinjikji W, Burkhardt JK, Kan P, Ghuman M, Yang VXD, Chen K, Aziz-Sultan MA, Ghorbani M, Schirmer CM, Goren O, Dalal SS, Killer-Oberpfalzer M, Müller-Thies-Broussalis E, Koch MJ, Stapleton CJ, Patel AB, Foreman PM, Cress MC, Hirschl RA, Krings T, Zhang H, Dmytriw AA. Experience With the Pipeline Embolization Device for Posterior Circulations Aneurysms: A Multicenter Cohort Study. Neurosurgery 2020; 87:1252-1261. [PMID: 32629474 DOI: 10.1093/neuros/nyaa277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 04/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The Pipeline Embolization Device (PED; Medtronic) has been used off-label for the treatment of challenging posterior circulation aneurysms. Data on this modality are primarily limited to small retrospective single-center series. OBJECTIVE To assess safety and efficacy of this treatment by establishing an international, multicenter collaboration. METHODS Consecutive posterior circulation aneurysms treated with the PED from 2012 to 2019 across 11 neurovascular centers were retrospectively reviewed. Baseline demographics, aneurysm and treatment characteristics, complications, occlusion status, and functional outcome were assessed. RESULTS There were 149 posterior circulation aneurysms treated with PED in 146 patients. A total of 24 (16.4%) patients presented with subarachnoid hemorrhage. Most aneurysms were dissecting/blister (36.2%) in morphology, followed by saccular (35.6%) and fusiform (28.2%). The most common locations were the vertebral (51.7%) and basilar arteries (22.8%). Complete or near-complete occlusion (>90%) was achieved in 90.9% of aneurysms at a median follow-up of 12 mo. Dissecting/blister aneurysms were most likely to occlude (P = .06). Symptomatic neurologic complications occurred in 9.4% of aneurysms, associated with larger size, ruptured presentation, presentations with brain stem compression, cranial nerve palsy, or stroke. Favorable functional outcome (modified Rankin Score 0-2) was achieved in 86.2% of patients. There were 6 fatalities of which 4 occurred in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage patients. CONCLUSION This multicenter study shows that PED for the treatment of posterior circulation is preferentially used for the treatment of fusiform and dissecting/blister aneurysm morphologies. Despite the challenges presented by these less-common morphologies, flow diversion may be performed with a neurologic complication rate of about 10% and favorable long-term aneurysm occlusion rates.
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- Christoph J Griessenauer
- Department of Neurosurgery, Geisinger, Danville, Pennsylvania.,Research Institute of Neurointervention, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Departments of Medical Imaging & Neurosurgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Departments of Medical Imaging & Neurosurgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Departments of Radiology & Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Departments of Radiology & Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Vascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery, Firoozgar Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Geisinger, Danville, Pennsylvania.,Research Institute of Neurointervention, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Geisinger, Danville, Pennsylvania
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- Research Institute of Neurointervention, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.,Department of Neurology, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- Research Institute of Neurointervention, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.,Department of Neurology, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- Massachussetts General Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Massachussetts General Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Neuroscience and Rehabilitation Institute, Orlando Health, Orlando, Florida
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- Neuroscience and Rehabilitation Institute, Orlando Health, Orlando, Florida
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- Neuroscience and Rehabilitation Institute, Orlando Health, Orlando, Florida
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- Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Departments of Medical Imaging & Neurosurgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Griessenauer CJ, Enriquez-Marulanda A, Xiang S, Hong T, Zhang H, Taussky P, Grandhi R, Waqas M, Tutino VM, Siddiqui AH, Levy EI, Ogilvy CS, Thomas AJ, Ulfert C, Möhlenbruch MA, Renieri L, Limbucci N, Parra-Fariñas C, Burkhardt JK, Kan P, Rinaldo L, Lanzino G, Brinjikji W, Spears J, Müller-Thies-Broussalis E, Killer-Oberpfalzer M, Islak C, Kocer N, Sonnberger M, Engelhorn T, Ghuman M, Yang VX, Salehani A, Harrigan MR, Radovanovic I, Pereira VM, Krings T, Matouk CC, Chen K, Aziz-Sultan MA, Ghorbani M, Schirmer CM, Goren O, Dalal SS, Koch MJ, Stapleton CJ, Patel AB, Finkenzeller T, Holtmannspötter M, Buhk JH, Foreman PM, Cress M, Hirschl R, Reith W, Simgen A, Janssen H, Marotta TR, Dmytriw AA. Comparison of PED and FRED flow diverters for posterior circulation aneurysms: a propensity score matched cohort study. J Neurointerv Surg 2020; 13:153-158. [PMID: 32611622 DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2020-016055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2020] [Revised: 05/14/2020] [Accepted: 05/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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BACKGROUND Flow diversion is a common endovascular treatment for cerebral aneurysms, but studies comparing different types of flow diverters are scarce. OBJECTIVE To perform a propensity score matched cohort study comparing the Pipeline Embolization Device (PED) and Flow Redirection Intraluminal Device (FRED) for posterior circulation aneurysms. METHODS Consecutive aneurysms of the posterior circulation treated at 25 neurovascular centers with either PED or FRED were collected. Propensity score matching was used to control for age, duration of follow-up imaging, adjunctive coiling, and aneurysm location, size, and morphology; previously ruptured aneurysms were excluded. The two devices were compared for the following outcomes: procedural complications, aneurysm occlusion, and functional outcome. RESULTS A total of 375 aneurysms of the posterior circulation were treated in 369 patients. The PED was used in 285 (77.2%) and FRED in 84 (22.8%) procedures. Aneurysms treated with the PED were more commonly fusiform and larger than those treated with FRED. To account for these important differences, propensity score matching was performed resulting in 33 PED and FRED unruptured aneurysm pairs. No differences were found in occlusion status and neurologic thromboembolic or hemorrhagic complications between the two devices. The proportion of patients with favorable functional outcome was higher with FRED (100% vs 87.9%, p=0.04). CONCLUSION Comparative analysis of PED and FRED for the treatment of unruptured posterior circulation aneurysms did not identify significant differences in aneurysm occlusion or neurologic complications. Variations in functional outcomes warrant additional investigations.
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- Christoph J Griessenauer
- Department of Neurosurgery, Geisinger, Danville, Pennsylvania, USA .,Research Institute of Neurointervention, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Xuanwu Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Xuanwu Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Xuanwu Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Utah Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Utah Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York, USA
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- Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Neuroradiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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- Interventional Neuroradiology, University Hospital Careggi, Firenze, Toscana, Italy
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- Interventional Neuroradiology, University Hospital Careggi, Firenze, Toscana, Italy
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Therapeutic Neuroradiology & Neurosurgery, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Research Institute of Neurointervention, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.,Department of Neurology, Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversitat, Salzburg, Austria
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- Research Institute of Neurointervention, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.,Department of Neurology, Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversitat, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Radiology, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Radiology, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Johannes Kepler Universitat Linz, Linz, Austria
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen Nuremberg Faculty of Medicine, Erlangen, Bayern, Germany
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- Neuroradiology & Neurosurgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Neuroradiology & Neurosurgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Neurosurgery, UAB Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Interventional Neuroradiology & Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Interventional Neuroradiology & Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Interventional Neuroradiology & Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Neurointerventional Radiology and Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Vascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery, Firoozgar Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Geisinger, Danville, Pennsylvania, USA.,Research Institute of Neurointervention, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Geisinger, Danville, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Geisinger Health System, Danville, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Universitatsklinikum des Saarlandes und Medizinische Fakultat der Universitat des Saarlandes, Homburg, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Universitatsklinikum des Saarlandes und Medizinische Fakultat der Universitat des Saarlandes, Homburg, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Nuremberg Hospital, Nurnberg, Bayern, Germany
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- Therapeutic Neuroradiology & Neurosurgery, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Therapeutic Neuroradiology & Neurosurgery, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Neuroradiology & Neurosurgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Interventional Neuroradiology & Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Li B, Zhou B, Zhang MZ, Qin RQ, He Y. Extensive intracranial arterial dolichoectasia involving distal branches of intracranial arteries: two cases report and review of the literature. Int J Neurosci 2020; 131:1133-1138. [PMID: 32449866 DOI: 10.1080/00207454.2020.1774577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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With the rapid development of noninvasive angiography techniques such as Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA) and Computer Tomography Angiography (CTA), more and more patients with intracranial arterial dolichoectasia (IADE) have been found, and clinical studies on this kind of vascular abnormity have become hot subjects in neurology. We presented two young patients with IADE extensively involving the branches of intracranial arteries, which were different from patients described in other articles. A young male patient was diagnosed with IADE after examination on admission, and further detailed examination revealed that the patient had osteropathia striata. Another young woman had an arterial malformation that mainly affected the distal branch of the intracranial artery. These two cases give us another perspective to look into IADE.
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- Bo Li
- Vascular Interventional Department, The Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Vascular Interventional Department, The Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Vascular Interventional Department, The Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Vascular Interventional Department, The Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Vascular Interventional Department, The Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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Cho DY, Kim BS, Choi JH, Park YK, Shin YS. The Fate of Unruptured Intracranial Vertebrobasilar Dissecting Aneurysm with Brain Stem Compression According to Different Treatment Modalities. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2019; 40:1924-1931. [PMID: 31601577 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a6252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2019] [Accepted: 08/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Unruptured intracranial vertebrobasilar dissecting aneurysms with brain stem compression are difficult to treat. In the present study, the clinical and radiologic outcomes of unruptured intracranial vertebrobasilar dissecting aneurysms with brain stem compression based on different treatment modalities were evaluated. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study included 28 patients with unruptured intracranial vertebrobasilar dissecting aneurysms with brain stem compression treated from January 2009 to December 2017. Treatment methods were observation (n = 6), stent-assisted coil embolization (n = 9), parent artery occlusion (n = 6), and flow diversion (n = 7). The data of baseline characteristics, change of aneurysm size, retreatment rate, stroke occurrence, and alteration of the mRS score were obtained from retrospective chart review. RESULTS The initial size of dissecting aneurysms was largest in the flow diversion group (22.5 ± 7.7 mm), followed by parent artery occlusion (20.3 ± 8.4 mm), stent-assisted coil embolization (11.7 ± 2.2 mm), and observation (17.8 ± 5.5 mm; P = .01) groups. The reduction rate of aneurysm size was highest in the parent artery occlusion group (26.7 ± 32.1%), followed by flow diversion (14.1% ± 28.7%), stent-assisted coil embolization (-17.9 ± 30.3%), and observation (-31.5 ± 30.8%; P = .007) groups. Additional treatment was needed in the observation (4/6, 66.7%) and stent-assisted coil embolization (3/9, 33.3%; P = .017) groups. Improvement of the mRS score on follow-up was observed in the flow diversion (6/7, 85.7%) and parent artery occlusion (4/6, 66.7%) groups but not in the stent-assisted coil embolization and observation groups. A worsened mRS score was most common in the observation group (4/6, 66.7%), followed by stent-assisted coil embolization (3/9, 33.3%), parent artery occlusion (2/6, 33.3%), and flow diversion (0/7, 0%) groups. CONCLUSIONS When treating intracranial vertebrobasilar dissecting aneurysms with brain stem compression, parent artery occlusion and flow diversion should be considered to reduce aneurysm size and improve the mRS score.
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- D Y Cho
- From the Department of Neurosurgery (D.Y.C.), Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Departments of Radiology (B.-S.K.)
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- Neurosurgery (J.H.C., Y.S.S.), Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery (Y.K.P.), Ilsan Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University, Goyang, Republic of Korea
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- Neurosurgery (J.H.C., Y.S.S.), Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Ravina K, Strickland BA, Rennert RC, Fredrickson V, Bakhsheshian J, Chien M, Mack W, Amar A, Russin JJ. Fusiform vertebral artery aneurysms involving the posterior inferior cerebellar artery origin associated with the sole angiographic anterior spinal artery origin: technical case report and treatment paradigm proposal. J Neurosurg 2019; 131:1324-1330. [PMID: 30485231 DOI: 10.3171/2018.5.jns18681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2018] [Accepted: 05/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Fusiform aneurysms of the vertebral artery (VA) involving the posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) origin are uncommon and challenging. The anterior spinal artery (ASA) commonly originates from a unilateral ramus just distal to the PICA. Occlusion of an unpaired ASA can result in bilateral medial medullary syndrome. The authors propose a treatment paradigm for ASA preservation based on the artery's proximity to fusiform VA aneurysms, and they present 3 representative cases. In the first case, they performed a V3-PICA bypass using an interposition graft and then performed endovascular coil embolization of the parent VA. A complete occlusion of the aneurysm and VA was complicated by ASA thrombosis. The subsequent cases were treated with PICA-PICA bypass and subsequent endovascular embolization of the VA. Filling of the sole angiographic ASA remote from the aneurysm was preserved in both cases. The anatomy of the ASA is the most critical determinant of treatment recommendations for fusiform VA aneurysms involving PICA. When the ASA originates from the aneurysm, proximal occlusion with or without a PICA bypass is suggested. In cases in which the ASA is removed from the aneurysm, the authors recommend revascularization followed by endovascular sacrifice. When the aneurysm is immediately adjacent to the ASA, revascularization and open trapping should be considered.
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- 2Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; and
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- 3Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Diego, California
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- 2Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; and
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- 2Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; and
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- 1Neurorestoration Center, Keck School of Medicine and
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- 2Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; and
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- 2Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; and
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- 1Neurorestoration Center, Keck School of Medicine and
- 2Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; and
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Chen Z, Zhang S, Dai Z, Cheng X, Wu M, Dai Q, Liu X, Xu G. Recurrent risk of ischemic stroke due to Vertebrobasilar Dolichoectasia. BMC Neurol 2019; 19:163. [PMID: 31315603 PMCID: PMC6636033 DOI: 10.1186/s12883-019-1400-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2019] [Accepted: 07/11/2019] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Background Patients with vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia usually have persistent hemodynamic abnormalities, and therefore, may bear an increased risk of stroke. This study aimed to identify risk factors for stroke recurrence in patients with vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia. Methods Patients with acute ischemic stroke were screened and evaluated for eligibility. Enrolled patients were followed via scheduled clinical visits or telephone interviews. Ischemic stroke recurrence was proposed with clinical symptoms and confirmed with cranial Magnetic Resonance Imaging or Computerized Tomography scans. Baseline characteristics and vascular geometry were compared between patients with and without stroke recurrence. Significant parameters were introduced into COX proportional hazard model to detect possible predictors of stroke recurrence. Results A total of 115 stroke patients with vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia were enrolled, of which 22 (19.1%) had recurrence during 22 ± 6 months follow-up. Basilar artery diameter ≥ 5.3 mm (HR = 4.744; 95% CI, 1.718–13.097; P = 0.003), diffuse intracranial dolichoectasia (HR = 3.603; 95% CI, 1.367–9.496; P = 0.010) and ischemic heart disease history (HR = 4.095; 95% CI, 1.221–13.740; P = 0.022) had increased risk of recurrence. Conclusions Stroke patients with vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia may have a high risk of recurrence. Larger basilar artery diameter or diffuse intracranial dolichoectasia may increase the risk of recurrence.
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- Zhaoyao Chen
- Department of Neurology, Jinling Clinical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210002, Jiangsu, China.,Department of Neurology, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210002, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Neurology, Jinling Clinical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210002, Jiangsu, China.,Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 211400, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Neurology, Jinling Clinical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210002, Jiangsu, China.,Department of Neurology, Nanjing Pukou Hospital, Nanjing, 210002, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Neurology, Jinling Clinical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210002, Jiangsu, China.,Department of Geriatrics, the First Affiliation Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210002, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Neurology, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210002, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Neurology, Jinling Hospital, Medical College of Nanjing University, 305# East Zhongshan Road, Nanjing, 210002, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Neurology, Jinling Clinical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210002, Jiangsu, China.,Department of Neurology, Jinling Hospital, Medical College of Nanjing University, 305# East Zhongshan Road, Nanjing, 210002, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Neurology, Jinling Clinical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210002, Jiangsu, China. .,Department of Neurology, Jinling Hospital, Medical College of Nanjing University, 305# East Zhongshan Road, Nanjing, 210002, Jiangsu, China.
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Avery MB, Alaqeel A, Bromley AB, Chen YX, Wong JH, Eesa M, Mitha AP. A refined experimental model of fusiform aneurysms in a rabbit carotid artery. J Neurosurg 2019; 131:88-95. [PMID: 30052160 DOI: 10.3171/2018.2.jns173168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2017] [Accepted: 02/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Reliable animal models are an important aspect of translational research, especially for relatively uncommon clinical entities such as fusiform aneurysms. While several animal models exist, very few are tailored to cerebral fusiform aneurysms, which have unique attributes compared to abdominal fusiform aneurysms. The authors aimed to build from previous models to create a cerebral fusiform aneurysm model that is simple to use and reliable. METHODS Twelve female New Zealand White rabbits were assigned to 3 groups: group E, elastase only; group C, CaCl2 only; group EC, elastase + CaCl2. All rabbits underwent surgical exposure of the right common carotid artery (CCA) and 20 minutes of peri-carotid incubation with their respective chemicals. Angiography was performed 6 weeks later for arterial dilation measurements, with 50% increase in diameter being defined as fusiform aneurysm formation. The arterial segments, along with the contralateral CCAs, were harvested and assessed histologically for wall component measurements and elastin semiquantification. A separate rabbit underwent aneurysm creation per the group EC protocol and was treated with an endovascular flow-diversion device. RESULTS All of the group EC rabbits developed fusiform aneurysms (mean dilation of 88%), while none of the group E or group C rabbits developed aneurysms (p = 0.001). Histological analysis revealed increased internal elastic lamina fragmentation in the group EC aneurysms, which also had less tunica intima hyperplasia. All aneurysms exhibited thinning of the tunica media and reduction in elastin content. The use of an endovascular flow-diverting stent was successful, with complete parent vessel remodeling, as expected, 4 weeks after deployment. CONCLUSIONS The peri-arterial application of combined elastase and CaCl2 to the CCA appears sufficient to reliably produce fusiform aneurysms after 6 weeks. Exposure to elastase or CaCl2 individually appears insufficient, despite the observed histological changes to the arterial wall. The proposed fusiform aneurysm model is able to accommodate endovascular devices, simulating the tortuous pathway experienced in using such devices in human cerebral aneurysms and thus is a satisfactory model to use in translational research.
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- 1Department of Neurosciences
- 5Department of Radiology, and
- 6Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- 1Department of Neurosciences
- 5Department of Radiology, and
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- 1Department of Neurosciences
- 5Department of Radiology, and
- 6Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Griessenauer CJ, Ogilvy CS, Adeeb N, Dmytriw AA, Foreman PM, Shallwani H, Limbucci N, Mangiafico S, Kumar A, Michelozzi C, Krings T, Pereira VM, Matouk CC, Harrigan MR, Shakir HJ, Siddiqui AH, Levy EI, Renieri L, Marotta TR, Cognard C, Thomas AJ. Pipeline embolization of posterior circulation aneurysms: a multicenter study of 131 aneurysms. J Neurosurg 2019; 130:923-935. [PMID: 29726768 DOI: 10.3171/2017.9.jns171376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2017] [Accepted: 09/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Flow diversion for posterior circulation aneurysms performed using the Pipeline embolization device (PED) constitutes an increasingly common off-label use for otherwise untreatable aneurysms. The safety and efficacy of this treatment modality has not been assessed in a multicenter study. METHODS A retrospective review of prospectively maintained databases at 8 academic institutions was performed for the years 2009 to 2016 to identify patients with posterior circulation aneurysms treated with PED placement. RESULTS A total of 129 consecutive patients underwent 129 procedures to treat 131 aneurysms; 29 dissecting, 53 fusiform, and 49 saccular lesions were included. At a median follow-up of 11 months, complete and near-complete occlusion was recorded in 78.1%. Dissecting aneurysms had the highest occlusion rate and fusiform the lowest. Major complications were most frequent in fusiform aneurysms, whereas minor complications occurred most commonly in saccular aneurysms. In patients with saccular aneurysms, clopidogrel responders had a lower complication rate than did clopidogrel nonresponders. The majority of dissecting aneurysms were treated in the immediate or acute phase following subarachnoid hemorrhage, a circumstance that contributed to the highest mortality rate in those aneurysms. CONCLUSIONS In the largest series to date, fusiform aneurysms were found to have the lowest occlusion rate and the highest frequency of major complications. Dissecting aneurysms, frequently treated in the setting of subarachnoid hemorrhage, occluded most often and had a low complication rate. Saccular aneurysms were associated with predominantly minor complications, particularly in clopidogrel nonresponders.
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- 1Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- 1Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- 1Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- 3Department of Medical Imaging, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- 4Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama
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- 5Department of Neurosurgery, State University of New York at Buffalo, New York
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- 6Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, University of Florence, Italy
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- 2Division of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Neuroradiology, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto
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- 7Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Neuroradiology, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France; and
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- 3Department of Medical Imaging, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- 3Department of Medical Imaging, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- 8Department of Neurosurgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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- 4Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama
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- 5Department of Neurosurgery, State University of New York at Buffalo, New York
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- 5Department of Neurosurgery, State University of New York at Buffalo, New York
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- 5Department of Neurosurgery, State University of New York at Buffalo, New York
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- 6Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, University of Florence, Italy
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- 2Division of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Neuroradiology, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto
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- 7Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Neuroradiology, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France; and
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- 1Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Chakraborty T, Lanzino G, Flemming KD. Vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia presenting simultaneously with ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes. J Clin Neurosci 2018; 61:296-297. [PMID: 30442451 DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2018.10.092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2018] [Accepted: 10/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia (VBDE) can present with brainstem- compressive symptoms, cerebral ischemia, or hemorrhage. Herein we describe a unique patient with VBDE who presented with hemorrhage and cerebral ischemia simultaneously. CASE Patient is a 76-year-old man presenting with an acute, symptomatic left pontine ischemic stroke heralded by ataxic dysarthria and right ataxic-hemiparesis. MRI scan of the brain demonstrated acute cerebral ischemia in the left pons, a small right thalamic hemorrhage, and evidence of VBDE. CONCLUSION The perforating vessels branching off of the pathologic VBDE may result in both ischemia and hemorrhage. This is the first known case, to our knowledge, in which hemorrhage and cerebral ischemia occurred simultaneously.
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- Tia Chakraborty
- Mayo Clinic Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Mayo Clinic Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Mayo Clinic Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
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Growth of Asymptomatic Intracranial Fusiform Aneurysms. Clin Neuroradiol 2018; 29:717-723. [DOI: 10.1007/s00062-018-0695-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2018] [Accepted: 04/26/2018] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Yan Y, Zhu D, Tang H, Huang Q. Safety and Efficacy of Flow Diverter Treatment for Aneurysm in Small Cerebral Vessels: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. World Neurosurg 2018; 115:54-64. [PMID: 29653275 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2018] [Revised: 04/01/2018] [Accepted: 04/02/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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PURPOSE To clarify the safety and efficacy of flow diverter (FD) treatment for aneurysm in small cerebral vessels, we conducted a systematic review of the literature analyzing perioperative and long-term clinical and angiographic outcomes. METHODS A comprehensive review of the up-to-date literature for studies with ≥10 patients related to FD treatment of small vessel aneurysms published was performed. Random-effects meta-analysis was used to pool the following outcomes: complete occlusion, technical procedural success, perioperative mortality, perioperative stroke, procedure-related morbidity and mortality, all complications, long-term mortality, and overall good outcome. RESULTS We included 26 noncomparative studies with 572 target aneurysms. The technical procedural success rate was 96% (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.93-1.00). At final follow-up, the complete occlusion rate was 70% (95% CI 0.64-0.76). The all-cause morbidity rate was 20% (95% CI 0.14-0.25). Procedure-related morbidity and mortality rates were 9% (95% CI 0.07-0.12) and 4% (95% CI 0.00-0.08), respectively. Overall long-term good outcome rate was 96% (95% CI 0.93-0.99). In the 3 subgroup analyses, complete occlusion rate of saccular aneurysms was lower than that of nonsaccular aneurysms (55% vs. 73%, respectively; odds ratio 0.40, 95% CI 0.17-0.98, P = 0.04). The procedure-related morbidity rate and the good outcome rate were not significantly different in this subgroup. In the other 2 subgroups in which we compared anterior circulation aneurysms with posterior circulation aneurysms and single FD strategy with overlapped FD strategy, the rates were also not significantly different. CONCLUSIONS Our meta-analysis demonstrated that FD treatment of small vessel aneurysms is technically feasible and effective with a high rate of complete occlusion. Although the comorbidities of patients cannot be neglected, the FD approach was associated with an acceptable rate of procedure-related morbidity and a satisfactory rate of overall good outcome.
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Brinjikji W, Chung B, Yong-Hong D, Wald JT, Mut F, Kadirvel R, Kallmes DF, Rouchaud A, Lanzino G, Cebral JR. Hemodynamic characteristics of stable and unstable vertebrobasilar dolichoectatic and fusiform aneurysms. J Neurointerv Surg 2018; 10:1102-1107. [DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2018-013756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2018] [Revised: 02/20/2018] [Accepted: 02/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Background and purposeVertebrobasilar dolichoectatic and fusiform aneurysms (VBDAs) are known to have a poor natural history, with high rates of growth, rupture, and stroke. The purpose of this study was to identify hemodynamic characteristics that differ between VBDAs associated with growth, rupture, and stroke.Materials and methodsVBDAs with CT angiography or MR angiography followed longitudinally without treatment were studied. Unstable aneurysms were defined as those that grew or ruptured during follow-up. Aneurysms associated with stroke were defined as those associated with posterior circulation infarct at follow-up. Baseline data, including demographics, comorbidities, and aneurysm morphology and size were collected. Image based computational fluid dynamics models were created and run under pulsatile flow conditions. Relevant hemodynamic and geometric variables were calculated and compared between groups (stable vs unstable and no stroke vs stroke) using the Wilcoxon test.ResultsA total of 37 VBDAs were included (24 stable, 13 unstable; 30 no stroke, 7 stroke). Unstable aneurysms had lower shear rates (P=0.05), blood flow velocity (P=0.03), and lower vorticity (P=0.049) than stable aneurysms. In addition, unstable aneurysms had higher mean oscillatory shear indices (P=0.001). There were no differences in the hemodynamic characteristics of aneurysms in the stroke group compared with the non-stroke group.ConclusionThis small study suggests there may be hemodynamic differences between unstable and stable VBDAs. Unstable VBDAs appear to be under lower flow conditions with lower velocity, vorticity, and shear rates, and have more oscillatory flow. There was no difference in the hemodynamic characteristics of aneurysms in the stroke and no stroke group.
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Rennert RC, Strickland BA, Ravina K, Bakhsheshian J, Fredrickson V, Tenser M, Amar A, Mack W, Carey J, Russin JJ. Efficacy and Outcomes of Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery (PICA) Bypass for Proximal PICA and Vertebral Artery-PICA Aneurysms: A Case Series. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown) 2018; 15:395-403. [DOI: 10.1093/ons/opx277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2017] [Accepted: 12/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND
Nonsaccular vertebral artery (VA) and posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) aneurysms have high morbidity and mortality rates and are difficult to treat using standard microsurgical or endovascular techniques. Definitive revascularization can require clip trapping and/or vessel sacrifice, with PICA bypass. The published surgical experience with these approaches is limited. We herein review our recent surgical experience with PICA revascularization for complex PICA and VA/PICA aneurysms.
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To determine the efficacy and outcomes of PICA bypass for revascularization of nonsaccular PICA and VA/PICA aneurysms.
METHODS
Retrospective analysis of an institutional review board-approved, prospective database was performed to identify patients with PICA and VA/PICA aneurysms treated with PICA bypass at a single institution. Demographic information, aneurysm characteristics, temporary clip time, and neurological outcomes were recorded.
RESULTS
Ten cases of PICA revascularization were performed for both ruptured (n = 8) and unruptured (n = 2) nonsaccular proximal PICA or VA/PICA aneurysms. Seven cases were performed without vessel grafts; 3 cases required harvest of the descending branch of the lateral femoral circumflex artery. Mean temporary clip time was 38 min (range 27-50 min). Good outcomes (Glasgow Outcomes Scale score of 5) were achieved in 70% (n = 7) of patients at time of discharge; the remaining patients had a Glasgow Outcomes Scale of 3. Two bypass-related complications occurred in this series; a hematoma at the graft harvest site requiring evacuation, and severe bypass graft spasm requiring multiple endovascular treatments.
CONCLUSION
PICA bypass can be a safe, effective, and highly customizable tool for the revascularization of patients with nonsaccular proximal PICA and VA/PICA aneurysms.
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- Robert C Rennert
- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California
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- Department of Neuro-logical Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Neurorestoration Center, Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Neuro-logical Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Neuro-logical Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Neuro-logical Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Neuro-logical Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Neuro-logical Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Neurorestoration Center, Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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Nasr D, Flemming K, Lanzino G, Cloft H, Kallmes D, Murad M, Brinjikji W. Natural History of Vertebrobasilar Dolichoectatic and Fusiform Aneurysms: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Cerebrovasc Dis 2018; 45:68-77. [DOI: 10.1159/000486866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2017] [Accepted: 01/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background and Purpose: Vertebrobasilar non-saccular and dolichoectatic aneurysms (VBDA) are a rare type of aneurysm and are generally associated with poor prognosis. In order to better characterize the natural history of VBDAs, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature to determine rates of mortality, growth, rupture, ischemia, and intraparenchymal hemorrhage. Materials and Methods: We searched the literature for longitudinal natural history studies of VBDA patients reporting clinical and imaging outcomes. Studied outcomes included annualized rates of growth, rupture, ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), and mortality. We also studied the association between aneurysm morphology (dolichoectatic versus fusiform) and natural history. Meta-analysis was performed using a random-effects model using summary statistics from included studies. Results: Fifteen studies with 827 patients and 5,093 patient-years were included. The overall annual mortality rate among patients with VBDAs was 13%/year (95% CI 8–19). Patients with fusiform aneurysms had a higher mortality rate than those with dolichoectatic aneurysms, but this did not reach statistical significance (12 vs. 8%, p = 0.11). The overall growth rate was 6%/year (95% CI 4–13). Patients with fusiform aneurysms had higher growth rates than those with dolichoectatic aneurysms (12 vs. 3%, p < 0.0001). The overall rupture rate was 3%/year (95% CI 1–5). Patients with fusiform aneurysms had higher rupture rates than those with dolichoectatic aneurysms (3 vs. 0%, p < 0.0001). The overall rate of ischemic stroke was 6%/year (95% CI 4–9). Patients with dolichoectatic aneurysms had higher ischemic stroke rates than those with fusiform aneurysms, but this did not reach statistical significance (8 vs. 4%, p = 0.13). The overall rate of ICH was 2%/year (95% CI 0–8) with no difference in rates between dolichoectatic and fusiform aneurysms (2 vs. 2%, p = 0.65). Conclusion: In general, the natural history of VBDAs is poor. However, dolichoectatic and fusiform VBDAs appear to have distinct natural histories with substantially higher growth and rupture associated with fusiform aneurysms. These findings suggest that these aneurysms should be considered separate entities. Further studies on the natural history of vertebrobasilar dolichoectatic and fusiform aneurysms with more complete follow-up are needed to better understand the risk factors for progression of these aneurysms.
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Awad AJ, Mascitelli JR, Haroun RR, De Leacy RA, Fifi JT, Mocco J. Endovascular management of fusiform aneurysms in the posterior circulation: the era of flow diversion. Neurosurg Focus 2017; 42:E14. [DOI: 10.3171/2017.3.focus1748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Fusiform aneurysms are uncommon compared with their saccular counterparts, yet they remain very challenging to treat and are associated with high rates of rebleeding and morbidity. Lack of a true aneurysm neck renders simple clip reconstruction or coil embolization usually impossible, and more advanced techniques are required, including bypass, stent-assisted coiling, and, more recently, flow diversion. In this article, the authors review posterior circulation fusiform aneurysms, including pathogenesis, natural history, and endovascular treatment, including the role of flow diversion. In addition, the authors propose an algorithm for treatment based on their practice.
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- Ahmed J. Awad
- 1Department of Neurological Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, New York; and
- 2Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- 1Department of Neurological Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, New York; and
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- 1Department of Neurological Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, New York; and
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- 1Department of Neurological Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, New York; and
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- 1Department of Neurological Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, New York; and
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- 1Department of Neurological Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, New York; and
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Brinjikji W, Nasr DM, Flemming KD, Rouchaud A, Cloft HJ, Lanzino G, Kallmes DF. Clinical and Imaging Characteristics of Diffuse Intracranial Dolichoectasia. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2017; 38:915-922. [PMID: 28255032 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a5102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2016] [Accepted: 12/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Among patients with vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia is a subset of patients with disease affecting the anterior circulation as well. We hypothesized that multivessel intracranial dolichoectasia may represent a distinct phenotype from single-territory vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia. The purpose of this study was to characterize clinical characteristics and angiographic features of this proposed distinct phenotype termed "diffuse intracranial dolichoectasia" and compare them with those in patients with isolated vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed a consecutive series of patients with diffuse intracranial dolichoectasia and compared their demographics, vascular risk factors, additional aneurysm prevalence, and clinical outcomes with a group of patients with vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia. "Diffuse intracranial dolichoectasia" was defined as aneurysmal dilation of entire vascular segments involving ≥2 intracranial vascular beds. Categoric and continuous variables were compared by using χ2 and Student t tests, respectively. RESULTS Twenty-five patients had diffuse intracranial dolichoectasia, and 139 had vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia. Patients with diffuse intracranial dolichoectasia were older than those with vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia (70.9 ± 14.2 years versus 60.4 ± 12.5 years, P = .0002) and had a higher prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysms (62.5% versus 14.3%, P = .01), other visceral aneurysms (25.0% versus 0%, P < .0001), and smoking (68.0% versus 15.9%, P < .0001). Patients with diffuse intracranial dolichoectasia were more likely to have aneurysm growth (46.2% versus 21.5%, P = .09) and rupture (20% versus 3.5%, P = .007) at follow-up. Patients with diffuse intracranial dolichoectasia were less likely to have good neurologic function at follow-up (24.0% versus 57.6%, P = .004) and were more likely to have aneurysm-related death (24.0% versus 7.2%, P = .02). CONCLUSIONS The natural history of patients with diffuse intracranial dolichoectasia is significantly worse than that in those with isolated vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia. Many patients with diffuse intracranial dolichoectasia had additional saccular and abdominal aortic aneurysms. These findings suggest that diffuse intracranial dolichoectasia may be a distinct vascular phenotype secondary to a systemic arteriopathy affecting multiple vascular beds.
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- W Brinjikji
- From the Departments of Radiology (W.B., H.J.C., G.L., D.F.K.)
- Neurosurgery (W.B., H.J.C., G.L., D.F.K.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Neurology (D.M.N., K.D.F., G.L.)
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- Department of Interventional Neuroradiology (A.R.), Hôpital Bicêtre, Paris Sud Universite, Paris, France
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- From the Departments of Radiology (W.B., H.J.C., G.L., D.F.K.)
- Neurosurgery (W.B., H.J.C., G.L., D.F.K.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- From the Departments of Radiology (W.B., H.J.C., G.L., D.F.K.)
- Neurology (D.M.N., K.D.F., G.L.)
- Neurosurgery (W.B., H.J.C., G.L., D.F.K.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- From the Departments of Radiology (W.B., H.J.C., G.L., D.F.K.)
- Neurosurgery (W.B., H.J.C., G.L., D.F.K.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Moriyoshi H, Furukawa S, Iwata M, Suzuki J, Nakai N, Nishida S, Ito Y. A case of intracranial arterial dolichoectasia with 4 repeated cerebral infarctions in 6 months and enlargement of basilar artery. Rinsho Shinkeigaku 2017; 57:124-129. [PMID: 28228620 DOI: 10.5692/clinicalneurol.cn-000989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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A 78-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of sudden right hemiparesis and dysarthria. His cranial MRI showed an area of hyperintensity in left pons on DWI and MRA revealed dilated, elongated and tortuous intracranial artery. We diagnosed as acute phase ischemic stroke and intracranial arterial dolichoectasia (IADE). Intravenous infusion of rt-PA was performed 157 minutes after the onset of symptoms, and his hemiparesis improved. However, he subsequently suffered from cerebral infarction 4 times in 6 months, and we treated him twice with thrombolytic therapy. Although thrombolytic therapy was effective in the short term and antithrombotic therapy was continued, he had bilateral hemiplegia and severe dysphagia because of repeated cerebral infarctions. Hence basilar artery was dilated with intramural hemorrhage over 6 months, and we discontinued antithrombolytic therapy. It is possible that antithrombolytic therapy affects enlargement of IADE. Antithrombolytic therapy for IADE should be done carefully.
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Bhogal P, Pérez MA, Ganslandt O, Bäzner H, Henkes H, Fischer S. Treatment of posterior circulation non-saccular aneurysms with flow diverters: a single-center experience and review of 56 patients. J Neurointerv Surg 2016; 9:471-481. [PMID: 27836994 PMCID: PMC5520279 DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2016-012781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2016] [Revised: 10/19/2016] [Accepted: 10/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Non-saccular aneurysms of the posterior fossa are an uncommon pathology with no clear treatment strategy. The use of flow-diverting stents (FDS) has had mixed results. We sought to evaluate our experience of FDS for the treatment of this pathology. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed our database of prospectively collected information for all patients treated only with flow diversion for an unruptured non-saccular aneurysm of the posterior circulation between February 2009 and April 2016. The aneurysms were classified as dolichoectasia, fusiform or transitional, and imaging characteristics including maximal diameter, disease vessel segment, MRI features (intra-aneurysmal thrombus, T1 hyperintensity in the aneurysmal wall, infarctions in the territory of the posterior circulation, and mass effect) were recorded alongside clinical and follow-up data. RESULTS We identified 56 patients (45 men) with 58 aneurysms. The average age of the patients was 63.5 years. Twenty-two patients were symptomatic from the aneurysms at presentation. The majority of the lesions were vertebrobasilar in location (44.8%) with isolated vertebral lesions representing 29.3% of aneurysms. Transitional aneurysms were the most common (48.2%). The mean maximal diameter of the aneurysms was 11 mm. Angiographic exclusion of the aneurysms was seen in 57.4% of aneurysms with follow-up (n=47). During the follow-up period nine patients died. CONCLUSIONS Treatment of non-saccular aneurysms of the posterior fossa is technically possible. Early treatment, particularly of the fusiform and transitional subtypes, is recognized, as is treatment prior to the development of symptoms. A 'watch and wait' strategy with regular imaging follow-up could be employed for asymptomatic dolichoectasia.
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- P Bhogal
- Neuroradiological Clinic, Neurocenter, Klinikum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Neuroradiological Clinic, Neurocenter, Klinikum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Neurosurgical Clinic, Neurocenter, Klinikum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Neurological Clinic, Neurocenter, Klinikum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Neuroradiological Clinic, Neurocenter, Klinikum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.,Medical Faculty, University Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany
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- Neuroradiological Clinic, Neurocenter, Klinikum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.,Institut für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie, Neuroradiologie, Nuklearmedizin, Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bochum-Langendreer Universtätsklinik, Bochum, Germany
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Sokolov AA, Husain S, Sztajzel R, Croquelois A, Lobrinus JA, Thaler D, Städler C, Hungerbühler H, Caso V, Rinkel GJ, Michel P. Fatal subarachnoid hemorrhage following ischemia in vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia. Medicine (Baltimore) 2016; 95:e4020. [PMID: 27399083 PMCID: PMC5058812 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000004020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia (VBD) is a chronic disorder with various cerebrovascular and compressive manifestations, involving subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Occurrence of SAH shortly after worsening of clinical VBD symptoms has occasionally been reported. The goal of the study was to examine this association, in particular its pathophysiology, clinical precursor signs, time course, and outcome.To this end, in a retrospective multicenter study, we analyzed 20 patients with VBD and SAH in regard to preceding clinical symptoms, presence of vertebrobasilar thrombosis and ischemia, outcome and neuropathological correlates.Median age of the 7 female and 13 male patients was 70 years (interquartile range [IQR] 18.3 years). Fourteen patients (70%) presented with new or acutely worsening posterior fossa signs at a median of 3 days prior to SAH (IQR 2, range 0.5-14). A thrombus within the VBD was detected in 12 patients (60%). Thrombus formation was associated with clinical deterioration (χ = 4.38, P = 0.04) and ponto-cerebellar ischemia (χ = 8.09, P = 0.005). During follow-up after SAH, 13 patients (65%) died, after a median survival time of 24 hours (IQR 66.2, range 2-264 hours), with a significant association between proven ponto-cerebellar ischemia and case fatality (χ = 6.24, P = 0.01).The data establish an association between clinical deterioration in patients with VBD, vertebrobasilar ischemia, and subsequent SAH. Antithrombotic treatment after deterioration appears controversial and SAH outcome is frequently fatal. Our data also indicate a short window of 3 days that may allow for evaluating interventional treatment, preferably within randomized trials.
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- Arseny A. Sokolov
- Stroke Center, Service de Neurologie, Département des Neurosciences Cliniques, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Interventional Neurology and Stroke, Institute of Neurosciences, Saket City Hospital, New Delhi, India
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- Service de Neurologie, Département des Neurosciences Cliniques, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (HUG), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Service de Pathologie Clinique, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (HUG), Geneva, Switzerland
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- The Comprehensive Stroke Center, Tufts University Medical Center, Boston, MA
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- Servizio di Neurologia, Ospedale Regionale di Lugano, Lugano
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Internal and Cardiovascular Medicine, Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Stroke Center, Service de Neurologie, Département des Neurosciences Cliniques, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Correspondence: P. Michel, Stroke Center, Service de Neurologie, Département des Neurosciences Cliniques, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Rue du Bugnon, Lausanne, Switzerland (e-mail: )
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J-O'Shanahan A, Noda K, Tsuboi T, Ota N, Kamiyama H, Tokuda S, Tanikawa R. Radical surgical treatment for recurrent giant fusiform thrombosed vertebral artery aneurysm previously coiled. Surg Neurol Int 2016; 7:S237-42. [PMID: 27127714 PMCID: PMC4828954 DOI: 10.4103/2152-7806.179581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2015] [Accepted: 01/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background: Fusiform aneurysms are rare (<1%) and the underlying pathophysiology is not well known. Endovascular coiling is the standard of treatment; however, a surgical procedure with vascular reconstruction by excluding the pathological segment of the vessel and restoring the blood flow, seems to be the most effective and definitive treatment. Case Description: We report a patient who presented a fusiform vertebral artery aneurysm previously coiled which developed a giant enlargement and a new contralateral fusiform aneurysm. Hemodynamic changes resulting in the formation of contralateral aneurysm might be the result of aneurysm occlusion without revascularization. In addition, continued blood flow to the aneurysmal wall through the vasa vasorum might result in aneurysm recanalization or regrowth. In order to account for these possible sources of complications, we performed a vascular reconstruction with high and low flow bypasses after trapping the aneurysm. Conclusions: We hypothesize that, in this and similar cases, surgical vascular reconstruction should be the first and definitive treatment under experienced cerebrovascular surgeons.
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- Aruma J-O'Shanahan
- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Dr. Negrín, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Stroke Center, Teishinkai Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Stroke Center, Teishinkai Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Stroke Center, Teishinkai Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Stroke Center, Teishinkai Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Stroke Center, Teishinkai Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Stroke Center, Teishinkai Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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Aneurismi arteriosi intracranici. Neurologia 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/s1634-7072(15)76145-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Pico F, Labreuche J, Amarenco P. Pathophysiology, presentation, prognosis, and management of intracranial arterial dolichoectasia. Lancet Neurol 2015. [PMID: 26194931 DOI: 10.1016/s1474-4422(15)00089-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Up to 12% of patients with stroke have intracranial arterial dolichoectasia (IADE) and the basilar artery is affected in 80% of these cases. Diagnostic criteria and prognosis studies of IADE are based on basilar artery diameter, which is a good quantitative marker for the severity of the disease. The pathophysiology is largely unknown, but IADE can be viewed as a common final pathway of arterial wall response or damage in the tunica media due to various mechanisms, such as matrix metalloproteinase dysfunction or muscle cell or elastic fibre injury. No randomised controlled trials have been undertaken in IADE and thus little high-level evidence is available on which to base treatment guidelines. IADE management depends on clinical presentation and disease severity, and includes blood pressure control, antithrombotic treatments, endovascular procedures, and surgery. Further studies are needed to better define IADE in the general population, to establish its prevalence and pathophysiology, to identify subgroups at risk of life-threatening complications, and to offer effective treatment options.
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- Fernando Pico
- Neurology Department and Stroke Centre, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Le Chesnay and Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Île-de-France, France; INSERM Laboratory for Vascular Translational Science, Paris, France
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- Department of Neurology and Stroke Centre, Paris, France; AP-HP Bichat University Hospital, Paris-Diderot University and Medical School, Paris, France
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- INSERM Laboratory for Vascular Translational Science, Paris, France; Department of Neurology and Stroke Centre, Paris, France; AP-HP Bichat University Hospital, Paris-Diderot University and Medical School, Paris, France.
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Dolichoectasia (DE) in cerebral arteries is a poorly understood arteriopathy that has been associated with increased risk of vascular morbidity and mortality. Dolichoectasia tends to affects older individuals with vascular risk factors, but it can also be secondary to specific conditions related with extracellular matrix health. The range of methods used to study DE and the biases inherent to hospital-based samples weaken the generalizability of DE study results to the general population. Within the context of these limitations, there is growing evidence that DE is a serious condition that can increase the risk of vascular death. Recurrent strokes and compressive symptoms are among the major causes of morbidity, but cardiac ischemic disease and aortic aneurysms are not uncommon in populations with DE. The devastating outcomes of patients with DE are a call to action aimed at improving the quality of research on the topic and discovering therapies that can palliate the burden of DE in the population.
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- Jose Gutierrez
- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, 710 W 168th Street, 6th floor, Suite 639, New York, NY, 10032, USA,
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Serrone JC, Gozal YM, Grossman AW, Andaluz N, Abruzzo T, Zuccarello M, Ringer A. Vertebrobasilar Fusiform Aneurysms. Neurosurg Clin N Am 2014; 25:471-84. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2014.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Ertl L, Holtmannspötter M, Patzig M, Brückmann H, Fesl G. Use of flow-diverting devices in fusiform vertebrobasilar giant aneurysms: a report on periprocedural course and long-term follow-up. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2014; 35:1346-52. [PMID: 24578280 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a3859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Fusiform vertebrobasilar giant aneurysms are a rare (<1% of all intracranial aneurysms) but challenging aneurysm subtype. Little data are available on the natural history of this aneurysm subtype and the impact of the use of flow-diverting stents on the long-term clinical and imaging follow-up. In this article, we present our experience with the treatment of fusiform vertebrobasilar giant aneurysms by flow diverting stents. We aim to stimulate a discussion of the best management paradigm for this challenging aneurysm subtype. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively identified 6 patients with fusiform vertebrobasilar giant aneurysms who had been treated with flow-diverting stents between October 2009 and March 2012 in our center. The available data were re-evaluated. The modified Rankin Scale score was assessed before intervention, during the stay in hospital, and at discharge. RESULTS Six patients were identified (all male; age range, 49-71 years; median age, 60 years). Handling of material was successful in all cases. No primary periprocedural complications occurred. The mean follow-up was 13 months (15 days to 29 months). During follow-up, 3 of 6 patients had recurrent cerebral infarctions, but no patient experienced SAH. Two patients presented with acute thrombotic stent occlusion. The modified Rankin Scale score was not higher than 3 in any of the cases before intervention, whereas the best mRS score at the last follow-up was 5. Four of 6 patients died during follow-up. CONCLUSIONS Endovascular treatment of fusiform vertebrobasilar giant aneurysms with flow-diverting devices is feasible from a technical point of view; however, changes in hemodynamics with secondary thrombosis are not predictable. We currently do not intend to treat fusiform vertebrobasilar giant aneurysms with flow-diverting devices until we have further understanding of the pathophysiology, natural history, and hemodynamic effects of flow diversion.
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- L Ertl
- From the Department of Neuroradiology (L.E., M.P., H.B., G.F.), Institute of Clinical Radiology, Grosshadern Campus, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- From the Department of Neuroradiology (L.E., M.P., H.B., G.F.), Institute of Clinical Radiology, Grosshadern Campus, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Center for Diagnostic Radiology (M.H.), Department of Neuroradiology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- From the Department of Neuroradiology (L.E., M.P., H.B., G.F.), Institute of Clinical Radiology, Grosshadern Campus, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- From the Department of Neuroradiology (L.E., M.P., H.B., G.F.), Institute of Clinical Radiology, Grosshadern Campus, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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Kobayashi N, Murayama Y, Yuki I, Ishibashi T, Ebara M, Arakawa H, Irie K, Takao H, Kajiwara I, Nishimura K, Karagiozov K, Urashima M. Natural course of dissecting vertebrobasilar artery aneurysms without stroke. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2014; 35:1371-5. [PMID: 24610902 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a3873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The natural history and therapeutic management of dissecting vertebrobasilar aneurysms without ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke (nonstroke dissecting vertebrobasilar aneurysms) are not well-established. We conservatively followed patients with nonstroke dissecting vertebrobasilar aneurysms and evaluated the factors related to clinical and morphologic deterioration. MATERIALS AND METHODS One hundred thirteen patients were enrolled and divided by clinical presentation at diagnosis: asymptomatic (group 1, n = 52), pain only (group 2, n = 56), and mass effect (group 3, n = 5). Patients were conservatively managed without intervention and antithrombotic therapy. Clinical outcomes and morphologic changes were analyzed. RESULTS A total of 113 patients who were diagnosed with nonstroke dissecting vertebrobasilar aneurysm had a mean follow-up of 2.9 years (range, 27 days to 8 years). Throughout that period, 1 patient in group 1 (1.9%) and 1 patient in group 2 (1.8%) showed clinical deterioration due to mass effect, and 1 patient in group 3 (20%) developed ischemic stroke followed by subarachnoid hemorrhage. Most patients (97.3%) were clinically unchanged. Three patients who had clinical deterioration showed aneurysm enlargement (P < .001). Aneurysms remained morphologically unchanged in 91 patients (80.5%). Aneurysm enlargement was seen in 5 patients (4.4%); risk of enlargement was significantly associated with either maximum diameter (hazard ratio = 1.30; 95% CI, 1.11-11.52; P = .001) or aneurysm ≥10 mm (hazard ratio = 18.0; 95% CI, 1.95-167; P = .011). CONCLUSIONS The natural course of these lesions suggests that acute intervention is not always required and close follow-up without antithrombotic therapy is reasonable. Patients with symptoms due to mass effect or aneurysms of >10 mm may require treatment.
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- N Kobayashi
- From the Department of Neurosurgery (N.K., Y.M., I.Y., T.I., M.E., H.A., K.I., H.T., I.K., K.N., K.K.)
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery (N.K., Y.M., I.Y., T.I., M.E., H.A., K.I., H.T., I.K., K.N., K.K.)
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery (N.K., Y.M., I.Y., T.I., M.E., H.A., K.I., H.T., I.K., K.N., K.K.)
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery (N.K., Y.M., I.Y., T.I., M.E., H.A., K.I., H.T., I.K., K.N., K.K.)
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery (N.K., Y.M., I.Y., T.I., M.E., H.A., K.I., H.T., I.K., K.N., K.K.)
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery (N.K., Y.M., I.Y., T.I., M.E., H.A., K.I., H.T., I.K., K.N., K.K.)
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery (N.K., Y.M., I.Y., T.I., M.E., H.A., K.I., H.T., I.K., K.N., K.K.)
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery (N.K., Y.M., I.Y., T.I., M.E., H.A., K.I., H.T., I.K., K.N., K.K.)
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery (N.K., Y.M., I.Y., T.I., M.E., H.A., K.I., H.T., I.K., K.N., K.K.)
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery (N.K., Y.M., I.Y., T.I., M.E., H.A., K.I., H.T., I.K., K.N., K.K.)
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery (N.K., Y.M., I.Y., T.I., M.E., H.A., K.I., H.T., I.K., K.N., K.K.)
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- Division of Molecular Epidemiology (M.U.), The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Yuh SJ, Alkherayf F, Lesiuk H. Dolichoectasia of the vertebral basilar and internal carotid arteries: A case report and literature review. Surg Neurol Int 2013; 4:153. [PMID: 24381796 PMCID: PMC3872646 DOI: 10.4103/2152-7806.122397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2013] [Accepted: 09/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background: Dolichoectasia is a rare disorder of the cerebral vasculature consisting of vascular elongation, widening, and tortuosity, usually involving the vertebral and basilar arteries. Its neurological symptoms and signs are highly variable. Case Description: We present a case of dolichoectasia of the vertebrobasilar system in a patient with a long standing history of multiple falls. Repeat neuroimaging revealed an increase in size of the dolichoectatic segment. In addition, a new fusiform dilatation of the contralateral petrous segment of the internal carotid artery and isolated ventriculomegaly had developed. Conclusion: Vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia can cause multiple clinical manifestations, with hydrocephalus being less common. In addition, having dolichoectasia of both posterior and anterior circulation is extremely rare.
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- Sung-Joo Yuh
- Division of Neurosurgery, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Division of Neurosurgery, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Division of Neurosurgery, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Wolters FJ, Rinkel GJE, Vergouwen MDI. Clinical course and treatment of vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia: a systematic review of the literature. Neurol Res 2013; 35:131-7. [DOI: 10.1179/1743132812y.0000000149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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- Franciscus J Wolters
- UMC Utrecht Stroke CenterDepartment of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- UMC Utrecht Stroke CenterDepartment of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- UMC Utrecht Stroke CenterDepartment of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Dabus G, Lin E, Linfante I. Endovascular treatment of fusiform intracranial vertebral artery aneurysms using reconstructive techniques. J Neurointerv Surg 2013; 6:589-94. [DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2013-010897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Shapiro M, Becske T, Riina HA, Raz E, Zumofen D, Nelson PK. Non-saccular vertebrobasilar aneurysms and dolichoectasia: a systematic literature review. J Neurointerv Surg 2013; 6:389-93. [PMID: 23843444 DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2013-010793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- Maksim Shapiro
- Bernard and Irene Schwartz Neurointerventional Radiology Section, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
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Gutierrez J, Bagci A, Gardener H, Rundek T, Ekind MSV, Alperin N, Sacco RL, Wright CB. Dolichoectasia diagnostic methods in a multi-ethnic, stroke-free cohort: results from the northern Manhattan study. J Neuroimaging 2013; 24:226-31. [PMID: 23317292 DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2012.00781.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2012] [Accepted: 10/06/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Dolichoectasia (DE) is a vasculopathy that consists of abnormal elongation and dilatation of arteries. The objective of this study is to evaluate the frequency of DE in an unselected population and assess different diagnostic methods. METHODS The Northern Manhattan Study is a multiethnic population based cohort of stroke-free participants. The definition proposed for DE was total cranial volume (TCV)-adjusted arterial diameter ≥2 SD. Other methods studied included visual assessment, unadjusted arterial diameters cutoff, Smoker's criteria and basilar artery (BA) volume. RESULTS A total of 718 subjects were included in the analysis (mean age 71.6 ± 8.0 years, 40% men, 61% Hispanic). Using the TCV-adjusted DE definition, 19% of the sample had at least one dolichoectatic artery. In 7% of the subjects, two or more arteries were affected. The BA was the most common dolichoectatic artery. Reproducibility for arterial diameter measurements was good to excellent (.70-.95), while for visual assessment ranged from fair to good (.49-.79). CONCLUSIONS A TCV-adjusted intracranial arterial diameter ≥2 SD is proposed as a useful DE definition. The variability in the prevalence of DE depending on the methods used underscores the need to agree on a reliable, universal definition of DE.
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- Jose Gutierrez
- Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY
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Lin YW, Chen CH, Lai ML. The dilemma of treating vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia. Clin Pract 2012; 2:e84. [PMID: 24765483 PMCID: PMC3981198 DOI: 10.4081/cp.2012.e84] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2011] [Revised: 07/02/2012] [Accepted: 08/30/2012] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia (VBD) is a common phenomenon among people over 50 years old, and the related clinical expressions are varied. One of our VBD patients presented with brainstem infarction initially, received low molecular weight heparin treatment, and developed rupture of the dolichoectasia segment. Another patient with a similar-sized VBD experienced recurrent brainstem infarction three times over 2 years, despite higher bleeding tendency and long-term antiplatelet treatment. The third patient with a smallersized VBD, had left hemiplegia and received intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator within 3 h, totally recovered with no lesions detected on brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). The pathophysiology of VBD is unique, its prevalence and risks of ischemic stroke and intracranial hemorrhage both increase as the degree of arterial dolichoectasia extends, making the strategy of management quite a challenge. The best management of VBD is controlling arterial hypertension and following up with image studies regularly to detect the early extension of VBD degree.
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- Yu-Wei Lin
- Department of Neurology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei
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- Stroke Center and Department of Neurology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan; ; College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Stroke Center and Department of Neurology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan; ; College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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Nakatomi H, Saito N. Current concept of cerebral aneurysms arising at nonbranching sites. World Neurosurg 2011; 74:441-3. [PMID: 21492589 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2010.07.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Hirofumi Nakatomi
- Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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