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Carotid body paraganglioma [PDF]

open access: yesClinical Case Reports, 2019
Carotid body paraganglioma is commonly asymptomatic, slow‐growing, and nonfunctioning. With its relative contraindication to biopsy due to its high vascularity in nature, imaging characteristics are the key to help making the diagnosis.
Suwanna Pitchaiprasert   +2 more
doaj   +6 more sources

Carotid Body Tumors [PDF]

open access: yesCa-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 1965
THE CAROTID-body tumor is an uncommon neoplasm with less than 500 cases reported in literature. Many and varied names have been used to designate these tumors and in the past they were frequently classified as endotheliomas, angiomas, angiosarcomas, hamartomas, carcinomas, and reticulum-cell sarcomas.
exaly   +8 more sources

The carotid body in sepsis: From homeostatic defense to immunometabolic dysregulation [PDF]

open access: yesBrain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health
Sepsis is a life-threatening syndrome caused by a dysregulated host response to infection and involves failure of immune, metabolic, respiratory, cardiovascular, thermal, endocrine, and autonomic regulation.
Natalia C.S. Branco   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Comparative exploration of the carotid body in domestic animals: morphology, physiology, histology, and pathology

open access: yesFrontiers in Veterinary Science
The aim of the study was to present a review of the literature and research on the carotid body (CB) over the past years and update the latest findings.
Semzenisi Ecaterina   +4 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Bilateral carotid body tumor case: A novel preoperative management

open access: yesRadiology Case Reports, 2022
Paragangliomas are rare neuroendocrine neoplasms. The most common form of these tumors in head and neck are non-functional carotid body tumors. These neoplasms may present an extensive growth and compromise vital neurovascular structures in the neck ...
Alberto Moscona-Nissan   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Case report: Cardiac arrest during carotid body tumor resection indicating carotid sinus hypersensitivity

open access: yesFrontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022
BackgroundCarotid body tumor surgery is associated with various complications. However, intraoperative cardiac arrest is very rare and no more than 10 cases have been reported.Case descriptionA 58-year-old woman diagnosed with bilateral carotid body ...
Hong Yong Duan   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Carotid artery stenting compared with endarterectomy in patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis (International Carotid Stenting Study): an interim analysis of a randomised controlled trial [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Background Stents are an alternative treatment to carotid endarterectomy for symptomatic carotid stenosis, but previous trials have not established equivalent safety and efficacy.
Treurniet, F   +823 more
core   +4 more sources

Common carotid intima media thickness and ankle-brachial pressure index correlate with local but not global atheroma burden:a cross sectional study using whole body magnetic resonance angiography [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Common carotid intima media thickness (CIMT) and ankle brachial pressure index (ABPI) are used as surrogate marker of atherosclerosis, and have been shown to correlate with arterial stiffness, however their correlation with global atherosclerotic burden ...
Belch, Jill J. F.; id_orcid   +37 more
core   +2 more sources

Cellular basis of learning and memory in the carotid body

open access: yesFrontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience, 2022
The carotid body is the primary peripheral chemoreceptor in the body, and critical for respiration and cardiovascular adjustments during hypoxia.
Olivia M. S. Gold   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The carotid body as a putative therapeutic target for the treatment of neurogenic hypertension [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
In the spontaneously hypertensive (SH) rat, hyperoxic inactivation of the carotid body (CB) produces a rapid and pronounced fall in both arterial pressure and renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSA).
Hendy, Emma B   +7 more
core   +1 more source

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