Thus, at the time of post-stenting LP the patients were on aspirin only. A catheter venogram under local anesthesia was performed to obtain venous sinus pressure measurements through a microcatheter ...

Dual venous pressure measurements were then repeated to confirm the presence of a persistent trans-stenosis gradient. Through this microcatheter, a stiff 0.018 inch guidewire (Platinum Plus; Stryker) ...

2. Capillary phase: It ranges from just after the peak of arterial injection to before the peak of venous injection in the superior sagittal sinus. 3. Early venous phase: The first half of the venous ...

Objective: To explore the relation between venous sinus disease and IIH. Methods: 12 patients with refractory IIH had dilatation and stenting of the venous sinuses after venography and manometry had ...

Hanoi-based 108 Military Central Hospital on Friday confirmed the successful treatment of two young women who experienced life-threatening strokes caused by cerebral venous thrombosis, a dangerous but ...

investigates the surgical anatomy and morphology of the bridging veins coming off of the superior sagittal sinus encountered in interhemispheric approaches ... accordingly in order to maximize ...

Department of Paediatric Neurology, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, UK Background: Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) in children is associated with a high incidence of serious ...

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is more sensitive and specific to the changes seen with venous sinus thrombosis. The magnetic resonance venogram (MRV) is the diagnostic tool of choice (Buccino et ...

A sinus infection is inflammation of the sinuses, which are the air spaces around your nose, eyes, cheeks, and forehead. It is also called sinusitis. When the sinuses are inflamed, drainage is blocked ...

Denise M. Lemke is a nurse practitioner in Interventional NeuroRadiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin and a part-time staff nurse in the NeuroIntensive Care Unit of Froedtert Lutheran ...

Sinus infections themselves aren’t contagious, but the viruses that cause most of them are. Viral sinus infections often follow colds or flu, which spread through respiratory droplets when someone ...

OBJECTIVES Venous angiomas, or developmental venous anomalies (DVAs), represent the most often occurring cerebral vascular malformation. The clinical significance of a DVA is, however, at present ...