Dr. Michael Veldeman (1) joins JNIS Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Felipe C. Albuquerque, to discuss the study, "Intra-arterial nimodipine for the treatment of refractory delayed cerebral ischemia after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage". Dr. Veldeman explains the methods of the study, the growing significance of computerised tomography perfusion imaging in diagnosis of unconscious patients, the use of induced hypertension, and interventional complications that arose when treating subarachnoid hemorrhage patients.

Read the paper: https://jnis.bmj.com/content/early/2023/12/16/jnis-2023-021151 

(1) Department of Neurosurgery, RWTH Aachen University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany

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JNIS Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Felipe C. Albuquerque, is joined from New York by Prof. David Fiorella (1) to discuss the paper, "Safety and effectiveness of the Woven EndoBridge (WEB) system for the treatment of wide necked bifurcation aneurysms: final 5 year results of the pivotal WEB Intra-saccular Therapy study (WEB-IT)". Prof. Fiorella explains the results of this extensive study across 27 locations, with the WEB device proving to be a durably effective and safe endovascular treatment option for wide-necked bifurcation aneurysms.

Read the paper: https://jnis.bmj.com/content/15/12/1175 

(1) Department of Neurosurgery, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, USA

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JNIS Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Felipe C. Albuquerque, is joined from Calgary by Dr. Johanna Ospel (1) to discuss "Recent developments in pre-hospital and in-hospital triage for endovascular stroke treatment", a paper detailing the many aspects of resource allocation when treating stroke patients. 

Read the paper: https://jnis.bmj.com/content/early/2022/10/14/jnis-2021-018547

(1) Departments of Radiology and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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In this podcast, JNIS Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Felipe C. Albuquerque, speaks with Dr. Michael Levitt (1) and Dr. Colin Derdeyn (2), authors of a pair of editorials discussing the practice of dural venous sinus stenting for patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension.

Point: Dural venous sinus stenting should be considered a first-line treatment option for select patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension https://jnis.bmj.com/content/early/2023/06/20/jnis-2023-020597 

Counterpoint: stenting for idiopathic intracranial hypertension should be trialed

These articles are free-to-access for a month following the publication of this podcast. 

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(1) Neurological Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA

In this podcast, JNIS Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Felipe C. Albuquerque, speaks with Dr. Marco Colasurdo (1) and Prof. Dheeraj Gandhi (2), authors of the original research article, "Predictors for large vessel recanalization before stroke thrombectomy: the HALT score" - https://jnis.bmj.com/content/early/2023/04/25/jnis-2023-020220

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(1) Interventional Neuroradiology, Dept. of Diagnostic Radiology, Uni. of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 

(2) Dept. of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

(2)Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

(1) Neurological Surgery and Radiology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

(2) Neurointerventional Program and Comprehensive Stroke Program, Pacific Neuroscience Institute, Santa Monica

(2) Neurological Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago