That's a good question. Neurointerventionalists do not practice a lot of general neurology as most patients are referrals from stroke and general neurologists.
I can tell you that after rotating with an interventionalist recently in a busy academic setting, the routine schedule is comprised of elective/planned procedures during the weekdays (such as carotid stenting, tumor embolizations, vertebral kyphoplasties, and diagnostic angiographies) and emergent interventions while on call in the evenings and weekends (strokes/symptomatic aneurysms/AVMs). The work hours thus vary on a weekly basis depending on the amount of emergent cases.
On certain afternoons, maybe 1-2 per week, the interventionalist will see follow-up patients in their clinic post stenting, tumor embo, for future procedure planning, or staged interventions. The neurological background is applied throughout, from initial evaluation, peri-procedure, and on followups so its critical to have solid neuro training which also gives neurointerventionalists an inherent clinical advantage among their colleagues from radiology and neurosurgery (who have their own strengths).
Regarding the salary issue, it depends on private vs academic, amount of diagnostic neuroradiology vs interventional procedures, and if private the strength of the interventional unit. In private practice, a neuro-interventionalist generally starts out around $400,000 with income potential as high as $900,000. This is not something I read somewhere, but based on interactions with INR fellows I worked with who are assessing the job market and the numbers they've been quoted/offered.
