Publications

International Controlled Study of Revascularization and Outcomes Following COVID-Positive Mechanical Thrombectomy Dmytriw, Adam A.; Kuhn, Anna L.; Puri, Ajit S.; Jabbour, Pascal BACKGROUND: Previous studies suggest that the mechanisms and outcomes in COVID-19-associated stroke differ from those with non-COVID-19 strokes, but there is limited comparative evidence focusing on these populations. Therefore, we aimed to determine i...

Super large-bore ingestion of clot (SLIC) leads to high first pass effect in thrombectomy for large vessel occlusion Massari, Francesco; Dabus, Guilherme; Cortez, Gustavo M.; Singh, Jasmeet; Kuhn, Anna L.; Naragum, Varun; Anagnostakou, Vania; Hanel, Ricardo A.; Gounis, Matthew J.; Puri, Ajit S. BACKGROUND: Super large-bore aspiration (SLBA) has shown high rates of complete clot ingestion. OBJECTIVE: To report the initial clini...

Interventional oncology update Newbury, Alex; Ferguson, Chantal M.; Valero, Daniel Alvarez; Kutcher-Diaz, Roberto; McIntosh, Lacey J.; Karamanian, Ara; Harman, Aaron Interventional Oncology (IO) is a subspecialty field of Interventional Radiology bridging between diagnostic radiology and the clinical oncology team, addressing the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. There have been many exciting advancements in the field of IO i...

Clinical Diagnoses and Outcomes After Diagnostic Breast Ultrasound by Nurses and General Practitioner Physicians in Rural Rwanda Pace, Lydia E.; Dusengimana, Jean-Marie Vianney; Hategekimana, Vedaste; Rugema, Vestine; Umwizerwa, Aline; Frost, Elisabeth; Kwait, Dylan; Schleimer, Lauren E.; Huang, ChuanChin; Shyirambere, Cyprien; Bigirimana, Jean Bosco; Shulman, Lawrence N.; Mpunga, Tharcisse; Raza, Sughra PURPOSE: To scale up e...

Imaging response assessment for oncology: An algorithmic approach Ruchalski, Kathleen; Dewan, Rohit; Sai, Victor; McIntosh, Lacey J.; Braschi-Amirfarzan, Marta Treatment response assessment by imaging plays a vital role in evaluating changes in solid tumors during oncology therapeutic clinical trials. Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1 is the reference standard imaging response criteria and provides deta...

Correlation of von Willebrand factor and platelets with acute ischemic stroke etiology and revascularization outcome: an immunohistochemical study Mereuta, Oana Madalina; Gounis, Matthew J.; Puri, Ajit S. BACKGROUND: Platelets and von Willebrand factor (vWF) are key components of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) emboli. We aimed to investigate the CD42b (platelets)/vWF expression, its association with stroke etiology and the impact...

Dual gating myocardial perfusion SPECT denoising using a conditional generative adversarial network Sun, Jingzhang; Zhang, Qi; Du, Yu; Zhang, Duo; Pretorius, P. Hendrik; King, Michael A.; Mok, Greta S. P. PURPOSE: Dual respiratory-cardiac gating reduces respiratory and cardiac motion blur in myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography (MP-SPECT). However, image noise is increased as detected counts are redu...

Intravascular lithotripsy for severely calcified carotid artery stenosis - A new frontier in carotid artery stenting Singh, Jasmeet; Kuhn, Anna L.; Massari, Francesco; Elnazeir, Marwa; Kutcher-Diaz, Roberto; Puri, Ajit S. Carotid stenosis due to severely calcified plaque can pose a significant therapeutic challenge. Extremely calcified scars/stenosis plaques can be challenging from an endovascular treatment perspective as seve...

Retreatment of Residual and Recurrent Aneurysms After Embolization With the Woven EndoBridge Device: Multicenter Case Series Srinivasan, Visish M.; Puri, Ajit S.; Massari, Francesco; Kan, Peter BACKGROUND: The Woven EndoBridge (WEB) device (Terumno Corp. [parent company of Microvention]) was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as the first intrasaccular device for intracranial aneurysm treatment in December 2018....

Comparing treatment outcomes of various intracranial bifurcation aneurysms locations using the Woven EndoBridge (WEB) device Adeeb, Nimer; Kuhn, Anna L.; Puri, Ajit S. BACKGROUND: The Woven EndoBridge (WEB) device has Food and Drug Administration approval for treatment of wide-necked intracranial bifurcation aneurysms. The WEB device has been shown to result in adequate occlusion in bifurcation aneurysms overall, but its usefu...