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Carotid Plaque Vulnerability Diagnosis by CTA versus MRA: A Systematic Review
Diagnostics, 2023 Stenosis grade of the carotid arteries has been the primary indicator for risk stratification and surgical treatment of carotid artery disease. Certain characteristics of the carotid plaque render it vulnerable and have been associated with increased ...
Konstantinos Dakis +6 more
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Carotid Endarterectomy for Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis [PDF]
Stroke, 2004 Effective prevention is inarguably the best option for reducing the individual and societal burden of stroke. For each patient, clinicians balance the benefits of a given preventive therapy against its associated risks and costs. Where possible, these assessments should be based on the results of randomized clinical trials. Carotid endarterectomy (CEA),
Rothwell, P, Goldstein, L
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Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, 2020 Carotid and/or femoral atherosclerotic plaques (AP) assessment through imaging studies is an interesting strategy for improving individual cardiovascular risk (CVR) stratification and cardiovascular disease (CVD) and/or events prediction.
Mariana Marin +2 more
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Oxidative Stress as a Reliable Biomarker of Carotid Plaque Instability: A Pilot Study
Antioxidants, 2023 Background: Predicting stroke risk in patients with carotid artery stenosis (CS) remains challenging. Circulating biomarkers seem to provide improvements with respect to risk stratification.
Norbert Svoboda +8 more
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Zhongguo cuzhong zazhi, 2023 目的 探索症状性颈动脉漂浮血栓（carotid free-floating thrombus，CFFT）血管内治疗的临床疗效与安全性。 方法 回顾性纳入2008年8月—2022年11月在西安交通大学第二附属医院神经内科住院诊断为症状性CFFT，并行颈动脉支架置入术的患者，分析CFFT患者临床表现、危险因素、病变部位、颈动脉支架器材、手术方式及临床效果。 结果 共纳入6例CFFT导致急性脑梗死的患者，其中女性4例（66.7%），发病年龄中位数63.5（48.0～68.7）岁 ...
张磊，王小雅，坚雅婷，高震，樊洪，范松华，王虎清，孙宏，张茹，展淑琴，张桂莲
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Frontiers in Neurology, 2020 Objectives: To establish a novel transcranial color-coded sonography (TCCS) grading system for collateral circulation in cases of symptomatic chronic total carotid occlusion (TCO), and to correlate this new grading system with cerebrovascular reserve ...
Foad Abd-Allah +4 more
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Yemeni Journal for Medical Sciences, 2021 Objective: To assess the changes occurring in both common carotid arteries (CCAs) intima-media thickness (IMT) in Yemeni chronic khat chewers using B-mode ultrasonography.
Ameen M. Amer +2 more
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Zhongguo cuzhong zazhi, 2018 目的 应用超声造影观察缺血性卒中并发2型糖尿病患者颈动脉斑块内新生血管分布情况，明确其 斑块内新生血管分布特征。 方法 病例组选取因急性缺血性卒中住院的糖尿病患者40例（入组前未服用降糖药），卒中同侧颈 动脉斑块形成；对照组为同期门诊就诊的颈动脉斑块形成患者，无卒中病史，性别及年龄匹配的非 糖尿病患者32例。两组患者行弓上计算机断层扫描血管造影（computed tomography angiography，CTA） 检查排除主动脉弓斑块及颅内动脉病变，排除卵圆孔未闭及心房颤动等。对所有患者均行常规超声
宁彬，何文，张东，于腾飞，阚艳敏，魏世纪，余海歌，刘梦泽
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Effect of Micropolar Fluid Properties on the Blood Flow in a Human Carotid Model
Fluids, 2020 Blood is a non-homogeneous fluid that flows inside the human artery system and provides the cells with nutrients. In this study the auto rotation effect of blood’s microstructure on its flow inside a human carotid model is studied by using a micropolar ...
Evangelos Karvelas +3 more
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Brachial to Carotid Shunt for Carotid Endarterectomy
European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 2002 Although several randomised trials had established the role of carotid endarterectomy in the prevention of stroke, reports of operative risk of 2 to 8% from these studies demonstrate the need for further investigation into the cause of perioperative stroke.
Parodi, J.C. +2 more
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