Background and Purpose—Patients with a carotid artery stenosis, including those with an asymptomatic or moderate stenosis, have a considerable risk of ischemic stroke. Identification of risk factors for cerebrovascular disease in these patients may improve risk profiling and guide new treatment strategies. We cross-sectionally investigated whether carotid stiffness is associated with previous i...

It is essential to image the carotid bifurcation adequately in patients with symptomatic carotid territory ischaemia if they are being considered for carotid endarterectomy. Optimal resolution is achieved by selective intraarterial contrast angiography which is an invasive procedure carrying some risk. The overall risk-benefit of carotid endarterectomy is currently being investigated in several...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Patients with a carotid artery stenosis, including those with an asymptomatic or moderate stenosis, have a considerable risk of ischemic stroke. Identification of risk factors for cerebrovascular disease in these patients may improve risk profiling and guide new treatment strategies. We cross-sectionally investigated whether carotid stiffness is associated with previous i...

Correction After the publication of this abstract [1], we found some mistakes in the text. In details: Methods section: the correct sentence is “We modified these protocol improving screening criteria to all patients with petrous bone fracture, even without carotid canal involvement”. Results section: the correct sentence is “According to our proposed modified Memphis criteria, 53 patients (ins...

objectives in this study, we aimed to investigate the changes in brain lipidomics following prolonged and intermittent ischemic preconditioning. materials and methods two groups underwent bilateral common carotid artery occlusion either intermittently (for 3 continuous periods within a timeframe of 20 minutes, releasing 3 consecutive times, yielding a total of 9 minutes (intermittent bilateral ...

Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis To the Editor: The recent publication of ACST confirmed the findings from a previous randomized controlled trial that carotid endarterectomy reduces the number of strokes in patients with asymptomatic carotid stenoses.1,2 These findings could be interpreted as a basis for screening for carotid artery stenoses and the widespread expansion of carotid interventions in...

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common reproductive-endocrine disorder affecting 10% of women. PCOS increases risk developing diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD). We have previously shown high-risk young women with without an atherogenic lipoprotein profile, this exacerbated in PCOS, elevated triglycerides (TG), remnant cholesterol apoB-lipoproteins. The aim study was to dete...

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...

With the advent of magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) the diagnosis of carotid artery disease has clearly become a polymodal process, one that can be done by several methods. Twentyfive years ago x-ray arteriography (XRA) was the only practical test for carotid stenosis, and it was performed primarily by direct carotid puncture. Today not only can we also assess the carotid artery using nonin...

BACKGROUND Carotid stenting has been advocated in patients with grade III blunt carotid artery injuries (hereafter referred to as "blunt CAIs") because of the persistence of the pseudoaneurysm and concern for subsequent embolization or rupture. HYPOTHESIS Carotid stenting is safe and effective for blunt CAIs. DESIGN Analysis of a prospective database of all patients with blunt CAIs. SETTI...