The First Report on Strategic Management of Bilateral Carotid Artery Stenosis: Exploring Surgical Challenges and Decision‐Making [PDF]
Bilateral carotid artery stenosis is a significant risk factor for ischemic stroke, with a prevalence of 8%–39% among stroke patients. This report highlights a challenging case that highlights the complexities of treating bilateral carotid artery ...
Ghasemi Gorji M, Bigdeli Y, Jazi K.
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Carotid artery stenosis and coronary artery disease coincidence [PDF]
Cerebrovascular event is one of the important causes of death in the world. Carotid artery stenosis is one of main risk factors of cerebrovascular events. Risk factors for atherosclerosis are found in carotid artery stenosis.
Vahid Shojaee+3 more
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Hybrid revascularization: stenting of left internal carotid artery after restenosis, combined with left anterior descending artery stenting and right carotid endarterectomy [PDF]
We present a description of internal carotid artery restenosis five years after eversion carotid endarterectomy, progression of contralateral internal carotid artery stenosis and coronary atherosclerosis with imaging of haemodynamically significant ...
Anton N. Kazantsev+7 more
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Carotid endarterectomy is currently the most effective intervention to prevent stroke in patients with recent symptoms of carotid stenosis.1 2 It also prevents future stroke in younger patients (under 75 years) who have not yet had symptoms, as long as the risk of stroke and death from surgery is not more than 3% Patients naturally prefer carotid ...
Halliday, A, Norris, J
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Carotid stenting technique and review of literature – What every resident should know [PDF]
Carotid artery stenosis is a prevalent and substantial cause of ischemic stroke; however, in patients who have significant symptomatic stenosis, carotid revascularization can lower their chances of having an ischemic stroke.
Saurabh Sharma, Darpan Kaur
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Pseudoaneurysm development after carotid endarterectomy is a rare occurrence. Even rarer is pseudoaneurysm formation associated with a distal carotid artery stenosis. We report the case of stent grafting of a carotid artery pseudoaneurysm and tandem high-
L. Graham Rucker, MD+5 more
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Association between Carotid Artery Stenosis and Cognitive Impairment in Stroke Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study. [PDF]
To investigate potential associations between carotid artery stenosis and cognitive impairment among patients with acute ischemic stroke and to provide important clinical implications.
Wei Yue+9 more
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Increased Expression of Interleukin-18 mRNA is Associated with Carotid Artery Stenosis
Background: Carotid artery stenosis is the atherosclerotic narrowing of the proximal internal carotid artery and one of the primary causes of stroke. Elevated expression of the pleiotropic proinflammatory cytokine interleukin-18 has been demonstrated in ...
Berk Arapi+6 more
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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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Correlation of intracranial atherosclerosis with carotid stenosis in ischemic stroke patients
Introduction: Carotid stenosis is a major risk factor for ischemic stroke. However, the effect of carotid stenosis on the site of stroke is still under investigation. Aims: This study aimed to elucidate how the presence of carotid stenosis influenced the
Manas Ghosh+6 more
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