Neurointerventional Management

Robert W Hurst MD is professor of radiology, neurosurgery, and neurology at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Philadelphia, and director of interventional neuroradiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.Robert H Rosenwasser is the Jewell L. Osterholm Professor and chair of neurological surgery, professor of radiology, and director of the Division of Neurovascular Surgery, Interventional Neuroradiology at Jefferson Medical School, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

• Vascular anatomy of the head, neck, and skull base. Applied neurovascular anatomy of the brain and skull. Vascular anatomy of the spine and spinal cord. Intracranial collateral routes and anastomoses in interventional neuroradiology. Management of cerebrovascular variants. CT imaging and physiologic techniques in interventional neuroradiology. MR angiography: Basic principles and applications in the CNS. Ultrasonographic imaging and physiologic techniques in interventional neuroradiology. Non-shunting cerebrovascular anomalies: Cavernous, capillary, and venous malformations. Diagnosis and management of cerebral vasculitis. Techniques and devices in interventional neuroradiology. Balloon occlusion, Wada, and pharmacological testing. Endovascular management of tumors and vascular malformations of the head and neck. Dissections of the carotid and vertebral arteries. Direct carotid cavernous fistula. Endovascular management of intracranial aneurysms. Endovascular management of cerebral vasospasm post-subarachnoid hemorrhage. Endovascular management of brain arteriovenous malformations. Endovascular treatment of acute ischemic stroke. Endovascular treatment of extracranial carotid atherosclerotic disease. Stenting and angioplasty for intracranial atherosclerotic occlusive disease. Endovascular management of dural arteriovenous fistulas. Diagnosis and management of cerebral venous and dural sinus thrombosis. Inferior petrosal sinus sampling in the diagnosis of pituitary adenomas. Diagnosis and management of pediatric cerebrovascular disease. Diagnosis and management of uncommon and genetic cerebrovascular diseases. Endovascular treatment of spinal vascular malformations. Neuroendovascular aspects of cerebrovascular disease in pregnancy. Percutaneous vertebral augmentation. Neurocritical care management of endovascular patients. Anesthesia for interventional neuroradiology. Index.