Interventional Neurology is a medical specialization that involves performing diagnostic procedures to obtain images of the brain's blood vessels . The specialty also involves performing interventions on various disorders that involve the brain's blood vessels.
The specialist trained in Interventional Neurology and/or Endovascular Neurosurgery performs a broad range of both diagnostic procedures and interventions such as diagnostic cervical, cerebral, and spinal angiography. Some of the interventional procedures include treating strokes, aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, arteriovenous fistulas, carotid artery stenting, intracranial artery stenting, etc.
Continuing advances in the technology and understanding of the disease processes mean the range of conditions that can be treated by interventional neurology techniques is continuing to expand rapidly. We have included information on some of the more common procedures, while trying to answer some frequently asked questions for each of them.
This website aims to provide basic and quick information to Patients, Clinicians, other professionals and trainees about the field and the various procedures.
Painting by Palma il Giovane, 1592 showing a man developing a paralysis. Timely treatment can now reverse it.
Aneurysms can present with "worst headache of life"seen in this caricature by George Cruikshank, 1819
Figure: An angiogram showing an Arteriovenous malformation in the posterior circulation.
"Removing the stone of folly"by Pieter Quast, Circa 1630.
A large Retinoblastoma drawing by Wardrop J : George Ramsay & Co; 1809
Figure: Carotid artery atherosclerosis: Pre and Post Stenting.
Figure: Vertebral artery stent. showing pre and post treatment angiograms showing greatly improved blood flow.
Figure: A Wing span Stent for intracranial atherosclerosis showing greatly improved flow after the stent.
"Dona Mercedes Velasco's recovery from nosebleed" from a Spanish Oil painting circa 1854
Dr.John Clarke trepanning a skull by Augustine Clement, Circa 1664.
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