BACKGROUND/AIM Inflammation plays a key role in the physiopathology of arteriosclerosis. C-reactive protein (CRP) and common carotid artery intima-media thickness are independent predictors of cardiovascular events and diabetes mellitus in apparently healthy men, but relationship between them is not fully elucidated. The aim of the study was to assess the cross-sectional relationship between CR...

Transluminal angioplasty of the carotid artery was successfully performed without complications in two patients, one with a stenotic internal carotid artery and one with a stenotic common carotid artery. Effectiveness of the procedure was proven by amelioration of common carotid flow. The authors outline factors to be considered in selecting patients for this procedure, including the particular...

The left superior laryngeal artery was observed arising from the external carotid artery instead of the superior thyroid artery in the cadaver of an approximately 70 year-old Asian man. In addition, on the same side, the superior thyroid artery arose from the common carotid artery 2 cm before the bifurcation instead of its usual origin from the external carotid artery. From the external carotid...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We report a management strategy for cerebral revascularization in a patient with an occluded common carotid artery by first performing a subclavian to external carotid artery bypass, followed by superficial temporal artery middle cerebral artery (STA-MCA) bypass. METHODS The patient presented with symptomatic left hemispheric hemodynamic insufficiency, associated with o...

Background & Aims: Diabetes is a very important factor for stroke due to blocked blood vessels. It can involve systemic and cerebrovascular arteries at the same time via microangiopathy and macroangiopathy. This project aimed to compare the intima-media thickness of carotid artery in children with diabetes type and the control group. Methods: In this case-control study, 50 children with the age...

We report a case of agenesis of the internal carotid artery associated with neurofibromatosis type II. Common carotid arteriograms showed no visualization of the internal carotid artery. CT revealed absence of the corresponding carotid canal. MR documented absence of the internal carotid artery in the cavernous sinus.

To-and-Fro Movement and External Escape of Carotid Arterial Blood in Brain Death Cases. A Doppler Ultrasonic Study • In brain death cases who showed nonfilling phenomena in the internal carotid angiograms, the blood flow velocity patterns of the common carotid arteries were characterized by involvement of a single systolic peak and a marked reverse flow component which had never been observed i...