Effectiveness of multidetector computed tomographic angiography (CTA) in
detecting cerebral aneurysms
Gregory Christoforidis1 J, H. Wayne Slone1 , Kurt Husum1 , Ed Kim1 , Ming Yang1 , John McGregor2
Departments of 1Radiology and 2Neurosurgery
Over the past decade a number of medical disciplines have pioneered new ways of dealing with cerebrovascular diseases such as acute cerebral infarction, subarachnoid hemorrhage, aneurysms, vasospasm, arteriovenous malformations, cervical carotid stenosis,vertebrobasilar disease and  intracranial cerebrovascular occlusive disease. As a result many medical centers have begun to develop multidisciplinary centers for the treatment of cerebrovascular diseases. At The Ohio State Medical Center we too have found ourselves to migrate towards the development of a team approach to cerebrovascular disease. A number of specialists including neurosurgeons, neurologists, vascular surgeons, cardiologists, and radiologists have found themselves working with each other more and more closely. We believe that this dedicated team approach has allowed us to better serve patients suffering from these often complex problems.

Over the next 45 minutes we will introduce some of the key physicians in our team and each one of us will describe various examples of how this approach works.