Fate of the external carotid artery following carotid interventions

What happens to the external carotid artery following carotid endarterectomy?

AIMS The effect of carotid endarterectomy on the patency of the external carotid artery is unknown. We conducted a retrospective study to evaluate the long-term changes in the external carotid artery following carotid endarterectomy. METHODS Data was prospectively recorded for all patients who had carotid endarterectomy between 1997 and 2006 in our vascular surgical unit. These patients had f...

Report of a Variation of the Right Common Carotid Artery

Carotid artery is the most important artery that carries the major part of the blood supply to the head and neck. The branching of the common carotid artery usually occurs at the upper edge of the thyroid cartilage. The placement of carotid sinus has also increased its importance in this area. Considering the clinical importance of knowledge about carotid artery variations, this case is reporte...

Aneurysm of the external carotid artery.

Extracranial internal carotid artery aneuriysms (EICAA) are rare. There are few reports in the medical literature about its etiology, relating these aneurysms to atherosclerosis, arteritis and alterations due to trauma or after surgical procedure. The natural history of the disease has not been well-defined yet. However, the potential risk of embolism originating from the aneurysm – or even its...

CT perfusion of the neck: internal carotid artery versus external carotid artery as the reference artery.

Arterial selection for reference time-enhancement curve generation in deconvolution-based perfusion CT (PCT) studies of the head and neck is under-evaluated. This study of 11 patients with confirmed head and neck squamous cell carcinoma demonstrates significant correlation (range, r = 0.85-0.95) between perfusion parameter values derived with internal carotid artery (ICA) as compared to an exte...

A Penetrating Pellet Jeopardizing Internal Carotid Artery