Computed tomography (CT) of the head is generally the first ... specificity needed to evaluate changes associated with venous sinus thrombosis (Buccino et al., 2003; Chow et al., ...

A cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is a medical term that refers to types of strokes. In a CVA, blood flow to the brain is interrupted. Signs of a CVA may include weakness, numbness, confusion, or loss ...

A new CT-scan based risk score facilitates the identification of patients at risk of revision endoscopic sinus surgery due to chronic rhinosinusitis. This allows for early prediction of disease ...

Thrombosis of the venous sinus can cause headaches that can be intense and may require use of analgesics or narcotics. Medications used and dosage is physician dependent. From a global perspective ...

Methods: Total 33 IIH patients who were found cerebral venous sinus stenosis (CVSS) by MR venography (MRV) were enrolled in this study. HR-BB contrast-enhanced MRI was used to assess the features of ...

Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is a debilitating but extremely common form of brain injury that affects a substantial number of people each year. mTBI is especially common in children and ...

Proponents of thrombolytic and catheter-based therapies are adherents of the open-vein hypothesis, whereby early and active removal of thrombus may improve deep venous flow and reduce venous reflux.

Remarkably, hierarchical clustering revealed patterns of gene expression that reflected some of the known properties of the cells in situ; arterial versus venous markers, microvascular characteristics ...