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Carotid Artery Stenosis [PDF]

Circulation, 2006
Seemant Chaturvedi, Peter M. Rothwell, eds 359 pages. Boca Raton, Fla: Taylor and Francis; 2005. $199.95. ISBN 0-8247-5417-4 Carotid Artery Stenosis is a complete review of atherothrombotic disease at the bifurcation of the common carotid artery, its history, pathology, epidemiology, diagnosis, and management. The book naturally divides itself into
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Incidence of carotid artery stenosis in acute ischemic stroke at BMC Hospital Quetta [PDF]

Romanian Journal of Neurology
Background and objectives. This study aimed to explore the prevalence, severity, and distribution of carotid artery stenosis among patients experiencing ischemic strokes. Materials and methods.
Muhammad Essa, Amanullah Kakar, Gul Andam, Noor Ahmed Khoso, Muhammad Saleem, Noman ul Haq, Anjum Farooq, Wazir Akber, Ihsan ul Haq, Paras Laraib, Shafqat Shahzad   +10 more
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Study on asymptomatic carotid artery disease in high-risk population: A hospital-based study in the eastern part of India

Journal of Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, 2023
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, Govind Kumar, Sanjay Kumar Suman, Ved Prakash   +3 more
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Prevalence of carotid artery stenosis in ischaemic heart disease patients in Bangladesh

SAGE Open Medicine, 2019
Background: Concurrent carotid artery stenosis and ischaemic heart disease rates are increasing day by day in Bangladesh. Moreover, carotid artery stenosis has been identified as a high-risk factor for postoperative ischaemic cerebral inconvenience ...
Dipannita Adhikary, Redoy Ranjan, Sabita Mandal, Mohammad Delwer Hossain Hawlader, Dipak Kumar Mitra, Asit Baran Adhikary   +5 more
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Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stenting of carotid arteries: Early results [PDF]

Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2008
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, Jadranin Dragica, Marković Dejan, Davidović Lazar   +3 more
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Surgery for carotid artery stenosis [PDF]

BMJ, 2004
We need to screen populations to detect stenosis and treat it The US Veterans' Administration study followed by the asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis study (ACAS) and now the asymptomatic carotid stenosis trial (ACST) have all affirmed that elective endarterectomy for patients carefully selected by neurologists and operated on by skilled surgeons ...
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Management of Patients with Carotid Artery Stenosis [PDF]

Herz Kardiovaskuläre Erkrankungen, 2008
A stenosis of the internal carotid artery may cause 10-20% of all ischemic strokes. Duplex ultrasound is the diagnostic cornerstone, and CT angiography or MR angiography may be used to confirm the severity of the stenosis or prior to revascularization. Catheter-based digital subtraction angiography is rarely needed for diagnostic purposes.
Roffi, Marco, Lüscher, Thomas
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Extracranial Carotid Artery Stenosis [PDF]

Stroke, 2003
Background— Carotid endarterectomy is the most common surgical procedure used to treat stenosis of the extracranial precerebral carotid artery. Data from several randomized controlled trials are available to help guide its use in specific patient subgroups.
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Research Progress of Carotid Artery Injury Caused by Radiotherapy for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Zhongliu Fangzhi Yanjiu, 2021
Neck radiotherapy is an important means to prevent and treat cervical lymph node metastasis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Studies have found that radiation can directly or indirectly damage blood vessels, accelerate the process of atherosclerosis, and ...
XIE Zhiwei, CAI Yixia, HUANG Jing
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Biomimetic Cell Membrane‐Coated Scaffolds for Enhanced Tissue Regeneration

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review examines the development and use of cell membrane‐coated scaffolds in tissue engineering. Bioinspired phospholipid and glycocalyx coatings enhance anti‐fouling, anti‐thrombogenic, and selective molecular recognition properties. Native cell membrane coatings further support cell‐specific interactions, immune modulation, and reduced bacterial
Carmen Alvarez‐Lorenzo, Alejandro Ramirez‐Romero, Diana Peixoto, Maria Vivero‐Lopez, Isabel Rodríguez‐Moldes, Angel Concheiro   +5 more
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