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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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Review: Movies and Narratives as Naturalistic Stimuli in Neuroimaging
Jyrki Ahveninen, PhD, of the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, and colleagues recently reviewed the use of movies and stories as stimuli during neuroimaging research into memory, attention, language, emotions and social cognition.
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Leukoencephalopathy Related to Severe COVID-19 Has Clinical, Laboratory Correlates
Otto Rapalino, MD, and Michael H. Lev, MD, of the Department of Radiology; Shibani S. Mukerji, MD, PhD, of the Department of Neurology; and colleagues have linked severe COVID-19 leukoencephalopathy with reduced diffusivity to obesity, renal failure, hypernatremia, anemia and a pattern of white matter lesions.
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The Precision and Safety of Deep Brain Stimulation
Mark Richardson, MD, PhD, director of Functional Neurosurgery in the Department of Neurosurgery, discusses the evolution and successful use of deep brain stimulation to treat those with Parkinson's disease and dystonia, and the use of robotics to enhance surgical outcomes.
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
Certain CSF Metabolites May Aid Prognostication After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
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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 , Service Line Chief, NeuroInterventional Radiology
Recent Article
New Guidelines Address Facet Joint Interventions for Chronic Spinal Pain
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Keith A. Johnson, MD
Radiologist
Recent Article
Tau PET Imaging May Help Identify People with Pre-symptomatic Alzheimer’s Disease
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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
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