Biomedical Papers, 2020 Background: Carotid endarterectomy is beneficial in symptomatic patients with ≥70% stenosis at the bifurcation of the internal carotid artery. The fact that the duplex ultrasound is widely used, inexpensive and non-invasive for examination of the carotid
Karel Gorican +3 more
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The relationship between C-reactive protein and subclinical carotid arteriosclerosis in military pilots [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2009 Background/Aim. Inflammation plays a key role in the physiopathology of arteriosclerosis. C-reactive protein (CRP) and common carotid artery intima-media thickness are independent predictors of cardiovascular events and diabetes mellitus in apparently ...
Jovelić Aleksandra +3 more
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Association Between Atherosclerosis in Carotid Artery and Elastic Modulus of Brachial Artery [PDF]
Journal of Tehran University Heart Center, 2007 Background: Common carotid arterial stiffness can be assessed during carotid arterial ultrasonography, but its association with brachial stiffness, a well-defined cardiovascular risk factor, has not been clarified.
Tavvos Rahmani-Cherati +2 more
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Spontaneous common carotid artery dissection [PDF]
Journal of Vascular Surgery, 1993 A case of a symptomatic spontaneous common carotid artery dissection that occurred several months after an ipsilateral carotid endarterectomy is presented. The case was successfully managed with resection of the dissected common carotid artery and placement of an interposition saphenous vein graft. Examination of the specimen demonstrated cystic medial
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TÉCNICA KISSING STENT NO TRATAMENTO DE ESTENOSE DA ARTÉRIA INOMINADA
Angiologia e Cirurgia Vascular, 2020 Introduction: The presence of symptomatic atherosclerotic stenosis of the innominate artery is an uncommon condition. The authors report the use of kissing stent technique in right subclavian and common carotid arteries with covered stents and cerebral ...
Nelson Camacho
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A rare case of isolated, spontaneous, and asymptomatic common carotid artery dissection
Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock, 2021 Carotid artery dissection begins as a tear in one of the carotid arteries of the neck, which allows blood under arterial pressure to enter the wall of the artery and split its layers.
Iyad Farouji +4 more
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No evidence that severity of stroke in internal carotid occlusion is related to collateral arteries [PDF]
, 2006 Background/AimThe neurological effects of internal carotid artery (ICA) occlusion vary between patients. The authors investigated whether the severity of symptoms in a large group of patients with ipsilateral or/and contralateral ICA occlusion at ...
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Long-term risk of carotid restenosis in patients randomly assigned to endovascular treatment or endarterectomy in the Carotid and Vertebral Artery Transluminal Angioplasty Study (CAVATAS): long-term follow-up of a randomised trial [PDF]
, 2009 Background In the Carotid and Vertebral Artery Transluminal Angioplasty Study (CAVATAS), early recurrent carotid stenosis was more common in patients assigned to endovascular treatment than it was in patients assigned to endarterectomy (CEA), raising ...
Sandercock, Peter +37 more
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The Effect of Compression of the Common Carotid Artery [PDF]
The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 1894 n ...
Hill,, Moore,
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Absence of both common carotid arteries [PDF]
American Journal of Roentgenology, 1978 Abnormalities in the development of the embryologic aortic arches with resultant anomalies of the aortic arch and its branches are not uncommon. Absence of a common carotid artery in which there are separate origins of the internal and external carotid arteries is rare.
L K, Roberts, B, Gerald
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