Introduction: Prevalence of stroke following coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) is % 2.1-5.2 and associated with high mortality. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of carotid artery disease in patients undergoing CABG surgery.  Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed in the years 2010-2011 on 192 patients who underwent open heart surgery (CABG) in...

In 20 necropsies with 15 stenosed and 17 thrombotic occluded internal carotid arteries there were 46 cerebral infarcts larger than 1 cm diameter. Using portmortem arteriographic and pathological techniques the patterns of the neck and brain artery systems were correlated with the situation and extent of the brain infarcts. Massive infarcts involving two major cerebral artery territories were as...

background the behcet disease is a multisystemic disease with involvement of vessels. objectives our aim is to evaluate the frequency of carotid artery disease in asymptomatic carotid artery involvement in patients with behcet disease and compare the results with a control group. patients and methods fifty patients with behcet disease who were asymptomatic for any vascular involvement and 50 he...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Spontaneous dissection of the cervical internal carotid artery (sICAD) is mainly assessed with MRI and magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), which are not always at hand. In contrast, color duplex sonography (CDS) is readily available. We undertook this prospective study to examine the accuracy of CDS to diagnose sICAD in patients with first carotid territory ischemia. ...

AANA Journal/June 2007/Vol. 75, No. 3 193 Carotid endarterectomy is a procedure used to treat severe atherosclerotic occlusive disease involving the internal carotid arteries, most often at the common carotid artery bifurcation. The operation is performed by opening the common carotid arteries and the proximal internal carotid arteries in the neck, removing plaques from the inside of the arteri...

INTRODUCTION Spontaneous dissection of the cervical artery is a rare non-atherosclerotic vascular disease of unknown aetiology and unclear pathogenesis that may be a cause of ischemic stroke in young adults. DIAGNOSIS Precise diagnosis of dissection of the cervical artery--carotid or vertebral--is possible with cervical axial magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance angiography. TR...