From the Department of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China. Received & Revised May 14, 2013. Accepted August 7, 2013. Correspondence to: Shan Gao, MD. Department of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Shuaifuyuan 1...

Anatomical knowledge of variations in the branching pattern of the external carotid artery will be helpful in surgical procedures of the head and neck region and also in angiographic studies. Material And Methods: Present study was conducted in the neck region of 25 embalmed human cadavers to find out the variations in the branching pattern of the external carotid artery. Results: Common origin...

Objective: A case of symptomatic cervical carotid artery stenosis with persistent primitive hypoglossal artery (PPHA) treated by carotid artery stenting (CAS) with appropriate embolic protection is reported. Case Presentation: The patient was a 65-year-old male presenting with left hemiplegia. MRI revealed infarction in the right cerebral hemisphere, and cerebral angiography demonstrated stenos...

Eight patients with common carotid artery (CCA) occlusion underwent bypass with saphenous vein to either the carotid bifurcation (five), the internal carotid artery (two), or the external carotid artery (one). Indications included ipsilateral transient ischemic attack (two), recent nondisabling hemispheric stroke (two), and transient nonhemispheric cerebral symptoms (two). Two asymptomatic pati...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Little information is available on extracranial carotid artery disease in free-living elderly individuals. We sought to evaluate the prevalence of carotid lesions in the elderly. METHODS Using echo-Doppler, we assessed the prevalence of possible atherosclerotic lesions in the internal carotid arteries (n = 478) and the external and common carotid arteries (n = 956) of 2...