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Initial Experience in Establishing an Academic Neuroendovascular Service: Program Building, Procedural Types, and Outcomes
Author(s) -
Qureshi Adnan I.,
Janardhan Vallabh,
Memon Muhammad Zeeshan,
Suri M. Fareed K.,
Shah Qaisar A.,
Miley Jefferson T.,
Puchta Amy E.,
Taylor Robert A.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of neuroimaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1552-6569
pISSN - 1051-2284
DOI - 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2008.00257.x
Subject(s) - medicine , stent , angioplasty , aneurysm , vertebral artery , radiology , surgery
OBJECTIVE To report our initial experience in setting up a neuroendovascular service in a university‐based comprehensive stroke center.METHODS We determined the rates of referral path, procedural type, and independently adjudicated 1‐month outcomes (actual rates) in first 150 procedures (120 patients) and subsequently compared with rates derived from pertinent clinical trials after adjustment for procedural type (predicted rates).RESULTS The patients were referred from the emergency department ( n = 44), transferred from another hospital ( n = 13), or admitted for elective procedures from the clinic ( n = 63). The procedures included treatment of acute ischemic stroke ( n = 12); extracranial carotid stent placement ( n = 33); extracranial vertebral artery stent placement ( n = 13); intracranial angioplasty and/or stent placement ( n = 12); embolization for intracranial aneurysms ( n = 35), arteriovenous malformations ( n = 5), and tumors ( n = 10); cerebral vasospasm treatment ( n = 26); and others ( n = 4). The technical success rate was 100% for intracranial aneurysm obliteration and extracranial carotid artery stent placement, and 95% for those undergoing intracranial or vertebral artery stent placements; and partial or complete recanalization was achieved in 72% of patients undergoing intra‐arterial thrombolysis. After adjusting for procedural type, the actual adverse event rate of 3% compared favorably with the predicted rate of 7% based on the results of clinical trials.CONCLUSIONS We provide estimates of procedure volumes and outcomes observed in the initial phase of setting up a neuroendovascular service with an active training program.