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Stroke-Risk, COVID-19 and When to Seek Emergency Care
Patients are opting not to seek medical care due to fears of COVID-19. Massachusetts General Hospital has prepared for this pandemic and taken every precaution to accept stroke patients in the emergency department. Researchers are identifying the links between infection and stroke risk.
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Multimodal Approach to Unruptured Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations Tops ARUBA Outcomes
Tertiary referral centers such as Massachusetts General Hospital, which have thorough expertise in microsurgery, embolization and radiosurgery, may achieve better outcomes for patients with unruptured cerebral arteriovenous malformations than those reported in the ARUBA trial.
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Treating Patients with Vascular Formations
In this video, Massachusetts General Hospital Neurosurgeon James Rabinov, MD, discusses how brain imaging can lead to high treatment and cure rates with low rates of complications in patients with vascular malformations around their brain and spine.
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Neuroimaging Should Be Considered for Severe COVID-19 Patients with Neurologic Symptoms
Mass General researchers have demonstrated significant associations between the severity of COVID-19 and acute abnormalities on neuroimaging studies.
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Sodium Phenylbutyrate–Taurursodiol Slows Functional Decline in Patients with ALS
Treatment with co-formulated, fixed-dose sodium phenylbutyrate–taurursodiol had a modest effect in slowing the decline in total score on the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Functional Rating Scale–Revised, a measure of function in daily activities.
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Mechanism Identified Whereby Vagus Nerve Stimulation Relieves Migraine Pain
New data explain why noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation has a beneficial effect on migraine as well as epilepsy and depression.
Neurointerventional Imaging contributors
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Aman B. Patel, MD
Director of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery, Co-Director of the Neuroendovascular Program
Recent Article
Stroke-Risk, COVID-19 and When to Seek Emergency Care -
James D. Rabinov, MD
Neurosurgeon
Recent Article
Multimodal Approach to Unruptured Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations Tops ARUBA Outcomes -
Joshua A. Hirsch, MD
Vice Chair, Procedural Service , Service Line Chief, NeuroInterventional Radiology
Recent Article
New Guidelines Address Facet Joint Interventions for Chronic Spinal Pain -
Keith A. Johnson, MD
Radiologist
Recent Article
Tau PET Imaging May Help Identify People with Pre-symptomatic Alzheimer’s Disease -
Thabele M. Leslie-Mazwi, MD
Specialist in Neuroendovascular and Neurocritical Care
Recent Article
Neuroimaging Should Be Considered for Severe COVID-19 Patients with Neurologic Symptoms