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Editorial
. 2023 May;307(4):e230493.
doi: 10.1148/radiol.230493. Epub 2023 Mar 28.

A Rock and a Hard Place: Benefit and Risk in the Evolving Practice of Endovascular Therapy for Intracranial Atherosclerotic Stenosis

Eric J Russell  1
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Editorial

A Rock and a Hard Place: Benefit and Risk in the Evolving Practice of Endovascular Therapy for Intracranial Atherosclerotic Stenosis

Eric J Russell. Radiology. 2023 May.
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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosures of conflicts of interest: E.J.R. NINDS grant NS114632O1A1 for “Predicting Stroke Risk in Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease with Novel High Resolution Functional and Molecular MRI Techniques” (Ansari SA, Carroll JT, PIs; E Russell, Co-I), September 2020 to June 2024, funded August 2020, year 1, $624,946 ($2,347,169 total 4 years); payment for expert testimony from various law firms; consultant to the editor of Radiology.

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Dr Russell is professor of radiology, neurology, and neurosurgery and in clinical practice in the Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine of Northwestern University and Northwestern Medicine. He is immediate past chair of the department of radiology, and past chief of diagnostic and interventional neuroradiology. A past president of the American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR), he received its Gold Medal in 2013. He holds fellowships in the ACR and the SIR.
Dr Russell is professor of radiology, neurology, and neurosurgery and in clinical practice in the Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine of Northwestern University and Northwestern Medicine. He is immediate past chair of the department of radiology, and past chief of diagnostic and interventional neuroradiology. A past president of the American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR), he received its Gold Medal in 2013. He holds fellowships in the ACR and the SIR.
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