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Advances in Interventional Neuroradiology. Dr James F Peerless March 2014. Introduction. Interventional Radiology. Endovascular, catheter-based techniques using fluoroscopy and angiography To diagnose and treat vascular diseases of the CNS Examples diagnostic cerebral angiography
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Advances in Interventional Neuroradiology Dr James F Peerless March 2014
Interventional Radiology • Endovascular, catheter-based techniques using fluoroscopy and angiography • To diagnose and treat vascular diseases of the CNS • Examples • diagnostic cerebral angiography • acute endovascular stroke treatment • revascularization of carotid and intracranial stenosis • cerebral aneurysm
From Small Beginnings • Catheterisation of arterial cerebral vessels first described in 1931 by French neurologist, Dr Moniz. • Access limited by size of catheters • Transfemoral and transcarotid approaches • Treatment options: • Electrothrombosis (1964) • Detachable balloons (1970) • Injection into aneurysm • Iron • Microspheres • Microcatheter developed in 1988 • Allowed direct probing of aneurysms
Coil Development • Free coil occlusion • Detachable coils via a delivery wire • Separated with direct current • Guido Gugliemi (UCLA), 1991 • Initially used in non-ruptured posterior aneurysms, poor grade SAH and those unfit for surgery • Now the treatment of choice, >90% • Electrolysis detachment replaced by mechanical/pressure devices
Aneurysms • Coiling • Bare platinum coils • Bioactive PGA coils • Increased thrombogeneity and fibrosing induction • Stenting • Balloon-remodelling and embolisation • Flow-diverters • devices are designed to achieve aneurysm occlusion through reconstruction of the diseased segment of artery
Collected data in 2143 patients between 1994-2002 • Clipped: 1070 (30.6 %) • Coiled: 1073 (23.7 %) • Follow-up series in 2005 + 2009 conferred a survival benefit of at least seven years • Increased (small) risk of rebleed • Future bleeds “essentially eliminated”
Previous small single-centre trials showed promise of bioactive coils • Bare platinum versus Cerecyte coils • RCT (non-blinded), n = 500 • Non-significance demonstrated, but • Increased periprocedural M&M • Poorer 6-month outcome (mRS)
ATENA Trial, 2010 • Data collected in 622 patients in France and Canada between 2005 & 2006 • Coiling and remodelling associated with better radiological outcomes than stenting • Factors for a favourable outcome • Age < 65 • Aneurysm diameter < 6 mm • Dome-neck ratio > 1.5
Brain AVMs • Embolisation techniques • nBCA • n-butyl-cyano-acrylate • Onyx licensed in 2005 • polymer in organic solvent • Results from single-centre studies only • Trade-off between long- and short-term gain • Pierot et al., 2009 (J. Neuroradiol.) • >60% occlusion rates in 73% on 116 patients • 2% mortality, 8% morbidity at one month • Increased risk of recanalisation with reduced occlusion • Periprocedural morbidity • 12.2%: Hauck et al., 2009 (Am. J Neuroradiol.) • 19.5%: Panagiotopolous et al., 2009 (Am. J Neuroradiol.)
Future Advances • Aneurysms • Problems are the same as in the past • Tricky aneurysms are large with wide necks • Difficult to treat with high recurrence rates • flow diverters • Bettering the understanding of: • aneurysm formation, growth, and rupture • AVMs • New embolisation materials
Reference • Schumacher M, Weber J. Aneurysm Treatment – a Neuroradiologic Success Story. Clinical Neuroradiology, 2008;4:203-215 • Gounis J, De Leo III M, Wakhloo A. Advances in Interventional Neuroradiology. Stroke, 2010;41:e81-e87 • Chen M. Interventional Neurology – Recent Advances & New Applications. US Neurology, 2011;7(1):37-40