JNIS Podcast

Field triage for endovascular stroke therapy

In a densely populated setting, for patients with stroke who are endovascular therapy candidates and closest to a primary stroke center from the field, triage to a slightly more distant comprehensive stroke center is associated with faster time to endovascular therapy, no delay to alteplase, and less disability at 90 days.
Felipe de Albuquerque talks to Mahesh Jayaraman and Ryan McTaggart (Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island, USA) about their paper “Field triage for endovascular stroke therapy: a population-based comparison”, which is part of the March issue of JNIS and can be read for free on the journal's website: https://jnis.bmj.com/content/12/3/233.

Standards for European training requirements in interventional neuroradiology guidelines

In this podcast, Felipe de Albuquerque talks to Istvan Szikora, Neurointerventions, National Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, Budapest, Hungary, about the official document of Standards for European training requirements in interventional neuroradiology guidelines by the Division of Neuroradiology/Section of Radiology European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS), in cooperation with the Division of Interventional Radiology/UEMS, the European Society of Neuroradiology (ESNR), and the European Society of Minimally Invasive Neurological Therapy (ESMINT). Read the paper on the JNIS website: https://jnis.bmj.com/content/early/2019/11/15/neurintsurg-2019-015537 .

Posterior circulation stroke: the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery standards and guidelines

In this podcast, Editor-in-Chief of JNIS Felipe C. Albuquerque talks to Justin F. Fraser, Neurological Surgery, University of Kentucky, about the current endovascular strategies for posterior circulation large vessel occlusion stroke: the report of the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery Standards and Guidelines Committee.
Read the paper for free on the JNIS website: https://jnis.bmj.com/content/11/10/1055.

Distal transradial approach for diagnostic cerebral angiography

In this podcast, Editor-in-Chief of JNIS Felipe C. Albuquerque talks to Eric Peterson (University of Miami MILLER School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA) about the novel technique of distal transradial access in the diagnostic cerebral angiography.
The paper is the Editor’s Choice article of the July issue of JNIS. Read it online: https://jnis.bmj.com/content/11/7/710.

A closer look over Brexit’s impact on research and publishing

Although the impact of Brexit on research is still unknown, BMJ’s CEO Peter Ashman is confident medical publishing “will be OK”.
In this special podcast, Publishing Director of BMJ, Allison Lang, assures the American audience of JNIS that the turmoil in the UK over leaving the European Union should have no impact on the specialty journals of the BMJ Publishing Group.

Wide-neck middle cerebral artery and basilar apex treated by endovascular techniques. The BRANCH

In the January 2019 podcast, Felipe C. Albuquerque talks to Reade De Leacy about the BRANCH (wide-neck bifurcation aneurysms of the middle cerebral artery and basilar apex treated by endovascular techniques)- a multicentre, retrospective study comparing core lab evaluation of angiographic outcomes with self-reported outcomes.
Read the JNIS Editor's Choice paper here: https://jnis.bmj.com/content/11/1/31.

Neurothrombectomy in the late time window: continued benefit in trial ineligible patients

There are two editor's choice papers of the November issue of JNIS discussed in this podcast. Editor-in-Chief of JNIS, Felipe de Albuquerque, talks to Ashutosh Jadhav and Shashvat Desai, both from the Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pennsylvania, USA. They are co-authors of the papers:
Thrombectomy 6-24 hours after stroke in trial ineligible patients (https://jnis.bmj.com/content/10/11/1033)
Thrombectomy 24 hours after stroke: beyond DAWN (https://jnis.bmj.com/content/10/11/1039).

Current endovascular strategies for cerebral venous thrombosis

The recommendations of the report of the Society of Neurointerventional Surgery (SNIS) Standards and Guidelines Committee for endovascular strategies for cerebral venous thrombosis are discussed in this podcast. Editor-in-Chief of JNIS, Felipe de Albuquerque, talks to Justin Fraser (Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA) on behalf of the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery.
Read the paper on the JNIS website: https://jnis.bmj.com/content/10/8/803

M2 occlusions patients may benefit from endovascular therapy

M2 occlusions can present with serious neurological deficits, resulting in large infarcts and significant morbidity and mortality. The paper discussed in this podcast concludes that patients with M2 occlusions and higher baseline deficits (NIHSS score ≥9) may benefit from endovascular therapy, thus potentially expanding the category of acute ischemic strokes amenable to intervention.
Listen to the conversation between the Editor-in-Chief of JNIS, Felipe de Albuquerque, and Ansaar Rai (Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, West Virginia University Hospital, USA), who is the co-author of “A population-based incidence of M2 strokes indicates potential expansion of large vessel occlusions amenable to endovascular therapy”. Read the Editor’s Choice paper of June 2018 on the JNIS website: jnis.bmj.com/content/10/6/510.

Balloon guide catheter use in mechanical thrombectomy linked to clinical and angiographic outcomes

The use of balloon guide catheters (BGCs) during mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke is associated with superior clinical and angiographic outcomes, concludes a systematic review and meta-analysis recently published by JNIS and discussed in this podcast.
Waleed Brinjikji (Departments of Radiology and Neurosurgery of the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA) tells the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Felipe Albuquerque the details of his paper ‘Impact of balloon guide catheter on technical and clinical outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis’.
Read the Editor’s Choice of April 2018: http://jnis.bmj.com/content/10/4/335