INCREASING CAROTID CALCIFICATIONS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY ASSOCIATED WITH OBSTRUCTIVE CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE

Carotid angioplasty and stenting in a patient with high grade stenosis of Internal Carotid Artery associated with both vertebral arteries and contralateral carotid occlusion

Severe internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis is a common cause of cerebrovascular accident (CVA) in middle-aged patients. Contralateral carotid occlusion (CCO) in patients with severe ICA stenosis is associated with high risk of CVA. Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is associated with more complications in patients with CCO than those without CCO. In this study, we present the case of a 61-year-ol...

A Penetrating Pellet Jeopardizing Internal Carotid Artery

Carotid artery occlusive disease

• Stroke is the third most common cause of death following cardiovascular disease and cancer and is the most common cause of neurological disability. 70-85% of stroke is ischemic and 20-30% is due to atherosclerosis of CCA. • Pathogenesis: endothelial injury or dysfunction-platelet aggregation and inward migration of mononuclear cells and lymphocytes-release of growth factors-migration and prol...

Asymptomatic carotid artery disease.

THE RISK OF STROKE in asymptomatic internal carotid artery disease may not exceed the combined morbidity and mortality of surgical therapy. That concern is the subject of an article in this issue of Stroke by Durward et al. The authors encountered but 2 examples of stroke among 73 patients followed for a mean of 4 years after the angiographic demonstration of asymptomatic internal carotid steno...

Carotid artery disease.

Carotid arteries are the blood vessels that deliver blood through the neck to the brain. There is one carotid artery on each side of the neck, where its pulsation can be felt with a finger below the jaw bone. Blockages in the carotid artery decrease blood flow to the brain, causing a medical condition known as carotid artery disease. Interruptions in blood flow to the brain (commonly known as s...