Professor of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Reims Head of the Department of Radiology, University Hospital, Reims
Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Maison Blanche, 45, rue Cognacq-Jay, 51100 REIMS
Tel: 03 26 78 75 66
Secr: 03 26 78 75 68
Fax: 03 26 78 35 31
Work & Education
- Medical School: Faculty of Medicine Saint-Antoine (Paris)
- Residency and Fellowship: Neurology and Radiology
- Medical Doctor: 1990
- Graduated in Radiology: 1990
- 1990-1993: Assistant, Department of Neuroradiology (Professor J. Chiras), La Salpetriere Hospital, Paris
- 1993-1995: Assistant, Department of Interventional Neuroradiology (Professor J. Moret), Foundation Rothschild Hospital, Paris
- 1995-2001: Head of the Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Neuroradiology, Foch Hospital, Suresnes, Paris
- 2001-present: Professor of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Reims
- 2001-present: Head of the Department of Radiology, University Hospital, Reims
- 2007-2011: President of the French Society of Neuroradiology (SFNR)
Clinical Activities
- Interventional Neuroradiology:
- Endovascular treatment of ruptured and unruptured intracranial aneurysms using coils, stents, remodelling technique, flow diverters, occlusion of the parent vessel
- Endovascular treatment of brain AVMs using glue and Onyx
- Endovascular treatment of dural fistulas using arterial and venous approaches
- Endovascular treatment of acute stroke (intraarterial chemical and mechanical thrombolysis)
- Endovascular treatment of intracranial and cervical arterial stenosis
- Embolization of intracranial and cervical tumors (meningiomas, chemodectomas,…)
- Interventional spine
- Diagnostic Neuroradiology
Research
Principal Investigator in multiple prospective, multicenter trials:
- Matrix 2004: multicenter, prospective, French trial dealing with the safety and efficacy of Matrix coils in the treatment of intracranial aneurysms
- ATENA: multicenter, prospective, French trial dealing with the endovascular treatment of unruptured intracranial aneurysms (27 French centers, 649 patients)
- BRAVO: multicenter, prospective, European trial dealing with the use of Onyx in the endovascular treatment of brain AVMs
- CLARITY: multicenter, prospective, French trial dealing with the endovascular treatment of ruptured aneurysms using GDC and Matrix coils (20 French centers, 833 patients)
Publications
- Publications in International and French medical journals: 86 (French papers: 20; international papers: 66)
- Oral presentations at international and French meetings: more than 200
Publication Fields:
- Diagnostic and therapeutic neuroradiology
- Imaging, classification, and treatment of vascular malformations of the brain
- Endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms, brain AVMs, dural fistulas
- Imaging and endovascular treatment of spinal vascular malformations
- MR imaging of cerebral and spinal diseases
- Functional MR imaging
Editorial Activities
- Journal of Neuroradiology: Associate Editor
- Stroke: Section Editor (Interventional Radiology)
AJNR: Member of the Editorial Board
Neurosurgery: Reviewer
More Recent International Publications (in the past five years)
- Follow-up of intracranial aneurysms selectively treated with coils: prospective evaluation of contrast-enhanced MR Angiography
L. Pierot, C. Delcourt , F. Bouquigny, D. Breidt, B. Feuillet, O. Lanoix, S. Gallas
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 2006, 27 (4): 744-749. - Preoperative embolization of a cervico-dorsal paraganglioma by direct percutaneous injection of ONYX® and endovascular delivery of particles
R.S. Quadros, S. Gallas, C. Delcourt, E. Dehoux, B. Scherperel, L. Pierot
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol., 2006, 27:1907-1909. - Endovascular Treatment of Intracranial Aneurysms with Matrix™ Detachable Coils : Immediate Post-treatment Results from a Prospective, Multi-Center Registry
L. Pierot, A Bonafé, S. Bracard, X. Leclerc, and investigators
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 2006, 27: 1693-1699. - fMRI study of problem-solving after severe traumatic brain injury
F. Cazalis, A. Feydy, R. Valabrègue, M. Pélégrini-Issac, L. Pierot, Ph. Azouvi.
Brain Injury, 2006, 20: 1019-1028. - Endovascular treatment of middle cerebral artery aneurysms as first option: a single center experience of 92 aneurysms
R. Quadros, S. Gallas, R. Noudel, P. Rousseaux, L. Pierot
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 2007, 28: 1567-1572. - Endovascular Treatment of Intracranial Aneurysms with Matrix™ Detachable Coils : Midterm Anatomical Follow-up from a Prospective, Multi-Center Registry
L. Pierot, X. Leclerc, A. Bonafé, S. Bracard, and Matrix Registry Investigators
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 2008, 29: 57-61. - Feasibility, Procedural Morbidity and Mortality, and Long-Term Follow-Up of Endovascular Treatment of 321 Unruptured Aneurysms.
S. Gallas, J. Drouineau, J. Gabrillargues, A. Pasco, C. Cognard, L. Pierot, D. Herbreteau
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 2008, 29: 63-68. - Clinical outcome of patients harbouring unruptured intracranial aneurysms treated by endovascular approach: results of the ATENA trial.
L. Pierot, L. Spelle, F. Vitry, for the ATENA investigators
Stroke, 2008, 39: 2497-2504. First price of the Innovation Award (attributed by Stroke) - Endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms using Matrix Coils : Short and Mid-term results.
L. Pierot, X. Leclerc, A. Bonafé, S. Bracard, and Investigators
Neurosurgery, 2008, 63: 850-857. - Endovascular treatment of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms : Comparison of Safety of remodeling technique and standard treatment with coils.
L. Pierot, L. Spelle, X. Leclerc, C. Cognard, A. Bonafé, J. Moret
Radiology, 2009, 251: 846-855. - Incidence of basioccipital hypoplasia malformation type I: comparative morphometric study of the posterior cranial fossa.
R. Noudel, N. Jovenin, C. Eap, B. Scherpereel, L. Pierot, P. Rousseaux
J Neurosurg, 2009, 111: 1046-1052. - Immediate anatomical results after the endovascular treatment of unruptured intracranial aneurysms : analysis of the ATENA series.
L. Pierot, L. Spelle, F. Vitry, for the ATENA investigators
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 2010, 31: 140-144.
- Immediate anatomical results after endovascular treatment of ruptured intracranial aneurysms: analysis of the CLARITY series.
L. Pierot, C. Cognard, F. Ricolfi, R. Anxionnat, for the CLARITY investigators
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 2010, 31: 907-911. - Similar safety in centers with low and high volumes of endovascular treatments of unruptured intracranial aneurysms: analysis in ATENA series.
L. Pierot, L. Spelle, F. Vitry, for the ATENA investigators
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 2010, 31: 1010-1014. - Vasospasm after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: Recent advances in endovascular management.
L. Pierot, M. Aggour, J. Moret
Current Opinion in Critical Care, 2010, 16: 110-116. - Ruptured intracranial aneurysms: Factors affecting the rate and outcome of endovascular treatment complications in a series of 782 patients (CLARITY).
L. Pierot, C. Cognard, R. Anxionnat, F. Ricolfi, and CLARITY investigators
Radiology, 2010, 256: 916-923. - Abciximab treatment modalities for thromboembolic events related to aneurysm coiling.
M. Aggour, L. Pierot, K. Kadziolka, Ph. Gomis, J.-P. Graftieaux
Neurosurgery, 2010, 67 : 503-508. - Endovascular treatment of very small unruptured aneurysms: rate of procedural complications, clinical outcome, and anatomical results.
L. Pierot, C. Barbe, L. Spelle, and ATENA investigators
Stroke, 2010, 41: 2855-2859. - The remodelling technique for endovascular treatment of ruptured intracranial aneurysms had a higher rate of adequate occlusion than did conventional coil embolization with comparable safety.
L. Pierot, C. Cognard, R. Anxionnat, F. Ricolfi, and CLARITY investigators
Radiology, 2011, 258: 546-553. - Can flow divert stent devices prevent aneurismal rupture? Direct CCF following intracavernous carotid aneurysm treatment with Silk stent.
W. Mustafa, K. Kadziolka, R. Noudel, L. Pierot
Interventional Neuroradiology, 2010, 16: 4478-450. - Letter by Pierot regarding article “Flow-diverter stent for the endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms: a prospective study in 29 patients with 34 aneurysms”
L. Pierot
Stroke, 2011, 42: e38-39. - Safety and efficacy of balloon remodelling technique during endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms: Critical review of the literature
L. Pierot, C. Cognard, L. Spelle, J. Moret
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol (in press) - Results of embolization used as the first treatment choice in a consecutive non selected population of ruptured aneurysms. Clinical Results of the Clarity GDCTM study.
C. Cognard, L. Pierot, R. Anxionnat, F. Ricolfi, and CLARITY investigators
Neurosurgery (in press) - Mid-term anatomical results after endovascular treatment of ruptured intracranial aneurysms with GDC™ and Matrix™ coils: analysis of the CLARITY series.
L. Pierot, C. Cognard, F. Ricolfi, R. Anxionnat, on behalf of CLARITY group
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol (in press)