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Critical carotid artery stenosis involving a persistent primitive hypoglossal artery

Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques, 2020
Persistent primitive hypoglossal artery (PPHA) is a rare internal carotid-vertebrobasilar anatomic variant. Awareness of this anomaly and its propensity for atherosclerotic disease is important to avoid misinterpretation of diagnostic studies and to ...
Laura B. Pride, MMS, PA-C, Emily R. Lagergren, MD, David H. Hafner, MD, FACS, Arun A. Chervu, MD, FACS   +3 more
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Magnetic resonance imaging plaque hemorrhage for risk stratification in carotid artery disease with moderate risk under current medical therapy [PDF]

, 2017
Background and Purpose—Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)–defined carotid plaque hemorrhage (MRIPH) can predict recurrent cerebrovascular ischemic events in severe symptomatic carotid stenosis. It is less clear whether MRIPH can improve risk stratification
Altaf, Nishath, Auer, Dorothee P., Bath, Philip M.W., Hosseini, Akram A., MacSweeney, Shane T., Simpson, Richard J.   +5 more
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Successful treatment of iatrogenic internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysm following carotid endarterectomy with thrombin injection: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports
Background Iatrogenic pseudoaneurysms arising from the internal carotid artery subsequent to carotid endarterectomy are exceptionally infrequent. Herein, we present a case detailing an internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysm that manifested subsequent to ...
Changchun Jiang, Jiahui Liu, Na Zhuo, Jianqi Wei, Yu Fan   +4 more
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Carotid artery stenting compared with endarterectomy in patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis (International Carotid Stenting Study): a randomised controlled trial with cost-effectiveness analysis [PDF]

, 2002
BACKGROUND: Carotid artery stenting (CAS) is an alternative to carotid endarterectomy (CEA) for the treatment of carotid stenosis, but safety and long-term efficacy were uncertain. OBJECTIVE: To compare the risks, benefits and cost-effectiveness
Bonati, LH, Brown, MM, Dobson, J, Doig, D, Ederle, J, Featherstone, RL, Morris, S, Patel, NV   +7 more
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Lateral Deviation of the Tongue in an Otherwise Asymptomatic Patient

Oral Diseases, EarlyView.
Giulia Ghidini, Alessandro Olivari, Sebastiano Buti, Paolo Vescovi, Maddalena Manfredi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Carotid endarterectomy in conscious patient [PDF]

, 2006
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate morbidity and mortality of carotid endarterectomy performed under regional cervical block, taking into account duration of surgery, use of shunt, conversion to general anesthesia, surgical complications, stay of patients inthe ...
Cunha, Cláudio Ribeiro Da, Fabri, Hélio Antônio, Martins, Carlos Alberto Da Cunha, Neves, Adriano Silva, Queiroz, Olair Alves De, Rodrigues, Alexandre Menezes, Santos, Paulo César, Shinosaki, Jullyanna Sabrysna Morais   +7 more
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ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS: CONCERNS AND PERSPECTIVES

Рациональная фармакотерапия в кардиологии, 2017
Stroke is one of the most frequent causes  of death and permanent disability among adults. The majority of ischemic strokes  are due to atherosclerotic plaque in the internal carotid artery.
T. V. Tvorogova, E. S. Bulgakova, F. B. Shukurov, B. A. Rudenko, O. M. Drapkina, A. S. Shanoyan   +5 more
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Adjusting for bias introduced by instrumental variable estimation in the Cox Proportional Hazards Model

, 2017
Instrumental variable (IV) methods are widely used for estimating average treatment effects in the presence of unmeasured confounders. However, the capability of existing IV procedures, and most notably the two-stage residual inclusion (2SRI) procedure ...
Goodney, Philip P., MacKenzie, Todd A., Martinez-Camblor, Pablo, O'Malley, A. James, Staiger, Douglas O.   +4 more
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Ultrasound IMT measurement on a multi-ethnic and multi-institutional database: Our review and experience using four fully automated and one semi-automated methods [PDF]

, 2012
Automated and high performance carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) measurement is gaining increasing importance in clinical practice to assess the cardiovascular risk of patients. In this paper, we compare four fully automated IMT measurement techniques
Andrew Nicolaides, Anil, T., Guang Zeng, Jasjit, S., Kristen, M., Ledda, Giuseppe, Molinari, Filippo, Rajendra Acharya, U., Saba, Luca, Sin Yee Stella Ho, Suzanne, C.   +10 more
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Preoperative White Matter Lesions Are Independent Predictors of Long-Term Survival after Internal Carotid Endarterectomy

Cerebrovascular Diseases Extra, 2014
Background: Cerebral white matter lesions (WMLs) predict long-term survival of conservatively treated acute stroke patients with etiology other than carotid stenosis.
Niku Oksala, Marianne Jaroma, Juha-Pekka Pienimäki, Tommi Kuorilehto, Teemu Vänttinen, Antti Lehtomäki, Veli-Pekka Suominen, Prasun Dastidar, Kimmo Mäkinen, Timo Erkinjuntti, Juha-Pekka Salenius   +10 more
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