grading internal carotid artery stenosis

... stents and the proximal internal carotid artery stenosis were removed surgically with excellent reconstruction of the proximal carotid artery lumen after six months communicating artery were widely ... Figure A) Digital subtracted angiography (DSA) of the right common carotid artery reveals a mid-grade proximal internal carotid artery stenosis B) In another institution two Wallstents were deployed ... for recurrent carotid stenosis following angioplasty and stenting Ann Vasc Surg 2008, 22:179-184 King BN, Scher LA, Lipsitz EC: Refractory in-stent restenosis following carotid artery stenting...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 02:22

... the internal and external carotid artery at the bifurcation The hypoglossal nerve passes forward laterally to the internal carotid artery just above the bifurcation The external carotid artery ... structures located close to the ICA, are the internal jugular vein, the cranial nerves IX to XII, and the external carotid artery Inferiorly the internal jugular vein lies laterally to the ICA ... the internal carotid ICA then crosses the occipital artery, as this artery passes posteriorly from its origination of the external carotid artery Near the skull base the ICA crosses laterally...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 20:20

... the common carotid artery (CCA), carotid bifurcation (CB), external carotid artery (ECA), carotid sinus (CS), internal carotid artery (ICA), vagus nerve (VN), internal jugular vein (IJV) and related ... cervical ganglion; 11 – carotid nerve; 12 – jugular nerve; 13 – longus capitis; B – bifurcation of common carotid artery; CCA – common carotid artery; CS – carotid sinus; IJV – internal jugular vein ... ICA; – cerebral part of ICA; B – bifurcation of common carotid artery; CCA – common carotid artery; CS – carotid sinus; ECA – external carotid artery The similar principle can be applied to the cervical...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 00:20

... doi:10.1186/1749-8090-6-55 Cite this article as: Alvarez et al.: Internal mammary artery dilatation in a patient with aortic coarctation, aortic stenosis, and coronary disease Case report Journal of Cardiothoracic ... between the ascending aorta and descending thoracic Figure Aneurysmal dilatation of the left internal mammary artery close to the sternum Figure Computerized tomography with volume rendering reconstruction ... with volume rendering reconstruction showing the coronary artery bypass graft with a saphenous vein to the left anterior descending coronary artery Alvarez et al Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:21

... vertebral artery to the external carotid artery to anastomosis of the internal carotid artery; in one case, the subclavian artery to the common carotid artery to anastomosis of the internal 265 carotid ... hemorrhage; BA, basilar apex; VA, vertebral artery; ECA, external carotid artery; ICA, internal carotid artery; ICrA, intracranial artery; CCA, common carotid artery http://www.medsci.org Int J Med ... Common carotid artery DS angiographs: occlusion at the beginning of internal carotid artery, with the remaining external carotid artery No formation of anatomosis between the external carotid artery...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:04

... coronary disease/ischemia is discussed Key words: coronary artery disease, ECG analysis, Coronary Artery Stenosis Introduction Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the single leading cause of death ... of coronary stenosis were calculated with adjustment to prevalence of stenosis [23] Moreover, to assess the performance of the prediction of stenosis independent of the prevalence of stenosis, ... critical coronary stenosis Figure Severity Score Versus Coronary Stenosis In The Entire Study Population Boxplots of MCG severity scores in all patients with and without relevant coronary stenosis The...

Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 10:58

... coronary stenosis were calculated with adjustment to prevalence of stenosis [19] Moreover, in order to assess the performance of the prediction of stenosis independent of the prevalence of stenosis ... coronary stenosis by severity score (cut-off 4.0) Prediction Cut-off 4.0 Total No stenosis 180 52.5% 179 201 42.3% 221 47.5% 423 47.8% Total 9.9% 5.2% 202 yes 222 22 no 42 42.6% Coronary stenosis Stenosis ... 0.774), gender (39% female vs 36.7% male; P = 0.688), or diagnosis of coronary stenosis (stenosis: yes, 47.5% vs stenosis: no, 43.9%; P = 0.493) Available patients comprised 258 men and 165 women,...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 16:23

... coronary stenosis were calculated with adjustment to prevalence of stenosis [23] Moreover, in order to assess the performance of the prediction of stenosis independent of the prevalence of stenosis ... Line 1,0 Table 4: Prediction of coronary stenosis by severity score (cut-off 4.0) Total Prediction Cut-off 4.0 no stenosis Sensitivity Coronary Stenosis 0,6 stenosis 103 14 117 59.9% 0,8 8.1% 68.0% ... coronary stenosis as diagnosed at angiography than for patients without stenosis (5.6 +/- 2.1 vs 1.7 +/-2.2; p < 0.01; Figure 1) For the association between severity score and coronary stenosis, ...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 17:20

... Kitabatake A: Relationships between brachial artery flow mediated dilation and carotid artery intima-media thickness in patients with suspected coronary artery disease Jpn Heart J 2002, 43:117–125 ... the validity and responsiveness to change of two ultrasound measures: 12-segment carotid artery IMT and brachial artery FMD in Canadian HIV vascular study participants We also investigate the relationship ... four hours prior to imaging Imaging for carotid IMT was done before brachial FMD on the same day (A) 12-segment carotid intimal medial thickness (IMT) Carotid IMT identifies and quantitates early...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21

... mid -stenosis of this artery 1,5 mm and mm coronary artery probes were introduced distally through this hole on the LAD and if the mm probe could not be passed through the suspected mid LAD stenosis, ... encouraging results of the LITA patency, a tendency to extend internal thoracic artery usage with bilateral or sequential internal thoracic artery techiques has become more and more popular in recent ... heart failure Figure Control arteriography of a sequential left internal thoracic artery to left anterior descending coronary artery anastomosis supplying the septal branches proximally and left...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... 2011 Published: 27 January 2011 References Durairaj M, Buxton B: Internal thoracic artery grafting In Arterial Grafting for Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery edition Edited by: He G-W Berlin, Heidelberg: ... Holzhey D, Diegeler A, Mohr FW: Endoscopic internal thoracic artery dissection leads to significant reduction of pain after minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass graft surgery Ann Thorac ... coronary artery bypass grafting without cardiopulmonary bypass: early experience and follow-up Ann Thorac Surg 1998, 66:1022-1025 Duhaylongsod FG, Mayfield WR, Wolf RK: Thoracoscopic harvest of the internal...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:23

... coronary artery bypass surgery Surgical Rounds 1997, 50:52-56 doi:10.1186/1749-8090-5-10 Cite this article as: Friedrich et al.: Intrathoracic fire during preparation of the left internal thoracic artery ... Smith SJ, Dixon JA: Intratracheal fire ignited by the Nd-YAC laser during treatment of tracheal stenosis Chest 1983, 84:295-96 Casey KR: Preventing endotracheal fires Chest 1987, 91:637a-637 Barker ... collaborators [6] reported an intratracheal fire ignited by Nd-YAG laser during treatment of tracheal stenosis In our case, a lightbow initiated by electrocautery resulted in the fire of a surgical...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:20

... An MRI scan of his brain performed in the referring hospital revealed occlusion of his internal carotid artery on the left side with multiple vascular lesions in the left hemisphere and notable ... hyperintensities Revision of the MRI scan by our neuroradiologist revealed occlusion of the left internal carotid artery Usually, the onset of CBS is insidious This patient described an acute onset of ... the left frontoparietal lobe, with extensive gliosis (A, B, C; T2-weighted MRI) The left internal carotid artery is occluded, since there is no flow void (D; T1-weighted MRI) Engelen et al Journal...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:22

... Arteries without stenosis n = 37 PSV (cm/s) PDV (cm/s) RRA RI PI Arteries with stenosis n = 23 Arteries without stenosis n = 37 Arteries with stenosis n = 23 Stenosis vs no stenosis Enhanced ... Arteries without stenosis n = 37 PSV (cm/s) PDV (cm/s) RAR RI PI Arteries with stenosis n = 23 Arteries without stenosis n = 37 Arteries with stenosis n = 23 Stenosis vs no stenosis Enhanced ... Renal arterial stenosis of 50% or greater was detected at angiography in 18 (60%) patients, of whom had bilateral stenosis Renal arterial stenosis was excluded in 12 patients Thus, stenosis by angiography...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 08:20

... to airway compression and death Figure Airgun pellet deep to external carotid artery Airgun pellet deep to external carotid artery There are numerous accounts of airgun and ball-bearing injuries ... bleeding source may have led to a wider surgical approach to the haematoma allowing control of the carotid artery 1200 ft/s (370 m/s) 700 to 1000 ft/s 400 to 600 ft/s more distant from the bleeding site ... clear that the patient had Horner's syndrome from injury to the left cervical sympathetic chain and carotid arteries Discussion Around 250BC, Ktesbias II of Egypt, first described the use of compressed...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 20:20

... intensive care unit (ICU), showed bilateral severe carotid stenosis (8090% stenosis and unstable plaque in the right internal carotid artery and 70-80% stenosis in the left side) Both vertebral arteries ... during on pump emergency CABG in patients with bilateral severe carotid stenosis has not been previously reported Besides carotid artery stenosis, other stroke risk factors during CABG, frequently ... combined carotid and coronary artery disease remains controversial Various strategies have been proposed such as CEA alone, or CABG alone, or staged CEA and CABG, or staged carotid artery stenting...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:21

... for symptomatic carotid stenosis Lancet 2003;361:107-16 Coward LJ, Featherstone RL, Brown MM Safety and efficacy of endovascular treatment of carotid artery stenosis compared with carotid endarterectomy: ... enrollment, and had a stenosis of 60 to 99% in the symptomatic carotid artery, as determined by the North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial (NASCET) method.15 The degree of stenosis warranting ... indicating more severe disability); nonatherosclerotic carotid disease; severe tandem lesions (stenosis of proximal common carotid artery or intracranial artery that was more severe than the cervical...

Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 00:20

... supplemantation in preventing CAD Levels of tocopherol were reported to be decreased in coronary artery disease (23).Our results also demonstrate that serum tocopherol levels were lower in CAD ... associations between lower cholecalciferol levels and plasma renin activity, blood pressure, coronary artery calcification and prevalent cardiovascular disease (36-41) In conclusion, serum levels of ... J Anat 1983; 166: 121-148 25 Volkov NF The cobalt, manganese and zinc content in the blood and internal organs of atherosclerotic patients Ter Arkh 1962; 34: 52-56 26 Bala IuM, Plotko SA, Furmenko...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:51

... Abbreviations: Cx, left circumflex coronary artery; LAD, left anterior descending coronary artery; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; RCA, right coronary artery a Indicates patients who received ... that the ZES is safe and reduces the rates of clinical and angiographic restenosis in patients with symptomatic coronary artery disease (CAD; 4) Also the safety and efficacy of Paclitaxel-eluting ... that ZES is safe and reduces the rates of clinical and angiographic restenosis in an selected patients with symptomatic coronary artery disease of simple to moderate complexity (4) Since the population...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:18

... at the point of maximum thickness on the far wall of the common carotid artery along a cm section of the artery proximal to the carotid bulb The IMT was defined as the distance between the intimia-blood ... 2815-9 Raitakari OT, Juonala M, Kähönen M, et al Cardiovascular risk factors in childhood and carotid artery intima-media thickness in adulthood: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study JAMA ... Ahn SV, et al C-reactive protein and carotid intima-media thickness in a population of middle-aged Koreans J Prev Med Public Health 2009; 42:29-34 Csiba L Carotid intima-media thickness measured...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:40