Carotid compression tonography: a new test for carotid insufficiency.

Carotid compression tonography. Correlation with bilateral carotid arteriography in the diagnosis of extracranial carotid occlusive disease.

One hundred twenty two patients ahd carotid compression tonography (CCT) followed by bilateral carotid arteriogaraphy. Inthe group (82 patients) which was felt to have significant occlusive disease of internal carotid at the level of carotid bifurcation (smaller than 50 percent stenosis), the CCT showed a 92 per cent correlation with arteriography. Of the group (48 patients) that underwent enda...

A Penetrating Pellet Jeopardizing Internal Carotid Artery

Surgical aspects of carotid-vertebral insufficiency.

THE ASSOCIATION between obstructive lesions of the extra-cranial portions of the carotid and vertebral arteries and symptoms of cerebro-vascular insufficiency has long been recognized (Todd, 1844), and with the development of reconstructive arterial surgery during the past 20 years it is hardly surprising that a great deal more attention has been focused on the condition. However, in spite of t...

Preoperative Digital Carotid Compression as a Predictor of the Need for Shunting During Carotid Endarterectomy

This study prospectively attempted to assess the need for shunting by preoperative digital compression of the proximal common carotid artery and correlated these findings with intraoperative assessment while performing carotid endarterectomy under local anaesthesia. Preoperative digital compression is highly predictive of the need for shunting intra-operatively and can be used as a valuable tes...

Carotid angioplasty and stenting in a patient with high grade stenosis of Internal Carotid Artery associated with both vertebral arteries and contralateral carotid occlusion

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...