ateral epicondylitis, or tennis elbow, is the most common cause of lateral elbow pain and can be a major cause of symptoms and debilitation.1 The term “lateral epicondylitis” is a misnomer, in that the abnormality causing tennis elbow is degeneration and a possible tear of the common extensor tendon (CET) at or near its humeral origin.2 Histologic studies have shown that there is no significant...

J. Hendrikse, W. P. Mali, J. Van der Grond Radiology, UMC, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, Radiology, UMC, Leiden, Leiden, Netherlands Introduction In many institutions transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasound, magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) and recently CT angiography have largely replaced intraarterial digital subtraction angiography (iaDSA) for routine assessment of the internal carotid ar...

This communication is concerned with the angiographic estimation of collateral circulation through the anterior segment of the circle of Willis. The collateral circulation, which may be present between the ophthalmic artery and the branches of the external carotid artery and the posterior segment of the circle of Willis carrying blood from the vertebral circulation, is outside the scope of this...

Stimulation of collateral artery growth in patients has been hitherto unsuccessful, despite promising experimental approaches. Circulating monocytes are involved in the growth of collateral arteries, a process also referred to as arteriogenesis. Patients show a large heterogeneity in their natural arteriogenic response on arterial obstruction. We hypothesized that circulating cell transcriptome...

BACKGROUND Carotid artery occlusion can lead to the development of rare true posterior communicating artery (PCoA) aneurysms because of hemodynamic stress on the PCoA. Surgical treatment of these lesions is challenging. CASE DESCRIPTION The authors report a case of a true PCoA aneurysm that developed and ruptured 37 years after ligation of the ipsilateral common carotid artery for epistaxis. ...

Seventy-six patients with severe (greater than 80%) occlusive left anterior descending coronary artery disease by coronary angiography were examined for the electrocardiographic characteristics of this disease in the presence (group A 59 patients) or the absence (group B 17 patients) of anterior wall asynergy (akinesis or dyskinesis). The incidence of clinically documented anterior myocardial i...

In patients with high-grade atherosclerotic stenosis or occlusion of the extracranial cerebral arteries, subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) may occur, potentially due to rupture of fragile dilated pial collateral vessels. This association has been well described in Moyamoya disease. There are only few cases in the literature that reported SAH due to bilateral carotid artery stenosis but intraventric...

Background: Radial artery is becoming the commonest artery after femoral artery used for cardiac procedures. The anatomical feasibility, patient comfort along with less chances of atherosclerosis in radial graft make it a preferred artery, but in certain clinical situations as need of second graft, blocked radial artery, difficulty in puncturing radial artery, where we require some other artery...

OBJECTIVE The radial artery is frequently the second graft of choice after the left internal thoracic artery in coronary artery bypass graft surgery. However, the optimal radial artery proximal anastomosis site remains controversial. The aim of the present study was to compare the radial artery patency according to its use as either an aorta-radial artery graft or composite radial artery graft ...