Ansaar T Rai

TL;DR: Intraarterial rtPA as RT demonstrated a similar safety and clinical outcome profile, with higher reperfusion rates achieved in patients with M1 occlusions, and the role of intraarterial thrombolysis in MT is delineated.

TL;DR: A critical and evidence based evaluation of the available data supports the superiority of IAT over standard medical therapies in patients presenting with AIS from LVO within 6 h of stroke onset and having a small infarct core and believes randomization of these patients in trials may no longer be ethical as general community equipoise appropriately disappears.

TL;DR: A protocol-driven process directed at reducing stroke treatment times in a tertiary level academic medical center can significantly improve efficiency of care in time-sensitive stroke interventions.

TL;DR: The distance from the aortic arch to the skull base is longer on the right than on the left side and both the CCA and ICA are longer in men and in patients aged ≥60 years.

TL;DR: Percutaneous sclerosis offers an important primary therapeutic option or an adjunct to surgery of these otherwise vascular cystic masses and should be contemplated as the initial step in the treatment of these benign tumors, especially those in the spine where surgical treatment can involve complex resection and fixation procedures.