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Sex-Related Differences in Early In-Hospital Outcome (Technical Success and Complications) of Carotid Artery Stenting and Risk Factors of Carotid Artery Stenosis [PDF]
Background/Objectives: Stroke and arteriosclerotic diseases remain the main challenge for global healthcare. Carotid artery procedures aim to restore blood flow through the carotid arteries to prevent embolic events.
Kinga Natalia Dudzińska +9 more
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Various surgical treatments are available for occlusive subclavian and common carotid artery diseases. Nevertheless, to date, when cerebral endovascular treatment is utilized, revascularization via direct surgery may be required. This study reported five
Koji YAMAGUCHI +10 more
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Background: Stroke is the most important cause of mortality and morbidity. Carotid artery disease is the leading cause of ischemic stroke. Carotid intima-media thickness can be used as an important tool for severity of atherosclerosis. This study revised
Manisha Kumari +3 more
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Carotid arteries are the blood vessels that deliver blood through the neck to the brain. There is one carotid artery on each side of the neck, where its pulsation can be felt with a finger below the jaw bone. Blockages in the carotid artery decrease blood flow to the brain, causing a medical condition known as carotid artery disease.
Joshua A. Beckman, Piotr Sobieszczyk
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Atherosclerotic plaque deposit in the carotid artery is used as an early estimate to identify the presence of cardiovascular diseases. Ultrasound images of the carotid artery are used to provide the extent of stenosis by examining the intima-media ...
S. Latha +4 more
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Purpose: The Willis covered stent (WCS) is used to treat complex vascular diseases of the internal carotid artery; however, its performance requires further investigation.
Lin Ma +5 more
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Head and neck cancers represent an aggressive form of neoplastic diseases that warrant surgical resection, in order to achieve optimal outcomes. Moreover, the involvement of the carotid artery is associated with a dismal prognosis and radical tumor ...
Nikolaos Kontopodis +5 more
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Carotid Artery Tortuosity Is Associated with Connective Tissue Diseases
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: There is a general assumption in the cerebrovascular literature that there is an association between carotid artery tortuosity and connective tissues disease; however, this has not been firmly established.
John P. Welby +8 more
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Evaluation of the Femoral Artery IMT as a Risk Factor of Cardiovascular Disease
Purpose: The carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) is a risk factor for atherosclerosis that can predict the association of cardiovascular disease. Despite this, there have been few studies on the femoral artery IMT.
KyoungJea Lee +5 more
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Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stenting of carotid arteries: Early results [PDF]
INTRODUCTION Treatment of carotid stenosis could be surgical: eversion endarterectomy, conventional endarterectomy and patch-plasty, resection with graft interposition and bypass procedure or, in the past few years, carotid artery angioplasty (PTA) with ...
Čolić Momčilo +3 more
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