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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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Developing Noninvasive Methods to Effectively Treat Complex Brain Disorders
Research at Massachusetts General Hospital combines advanced neuroimaging techniques and noninvasive brain stimulation to drive precision medicine for neurological disorders.
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Intracranial Stereo-EEG Resolves Discordant Clinical vs. Neuroimaging Findings in Patient With Tonic–Clonic Seizures
Irfan S. Sheikh, MD, Mark Richardson, MD, PhD, Sydney S. Cash, MD, PhD, and colleagues present an instructive case in which intracranial stereo-EEG resolved discordance between clinical, MRI, and scalp EEG findings, allowing diagnosis of focal cortical dysplasia type 2b and resection that led to seizure freedom.
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Hemostatic Factors Have Potential As Biomarkers and Therapeutic Targets in MS
Caterina Mainero, MD, PhD, and colleagues reviewed the interplay of fibrinogen and coagulation factors with neuroinflammation in multiple sclerosis. They conclude that basic knowledge of the coagulation pathways could be translated into new treatment approaches and novel diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers.
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
Case Report: Direct Burr Hole Access for Embolization of Dural Arteriovenous Fistula
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James D. Rabinov, MD
Neurosurgeon
Recent Article
Multimodal Approach to Unruptured Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations Tops ARUBA Outcomes
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Joshua A. Hirsch, MD
Vice Chair, Procedural Service, Massachusetts General Hospital
Recent Article
Innovative Therapy for Low Back Pain Takes the Fight Directly to the Source
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Keith A. Johnson, MD
Radiologist
Recent Article
Tau PET Imaging May Help Identify People with Pre-symptomatic Alzheimer’s Disease
Mass General Imaging
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