Concomitants of atherosclerotic carotid artery stenosis.

Concomitants of atherosclerotic carotid artery stenosis.

To identify metabolic and other concomitants of a single important type of atherosclerotic cerebrovascular disease, 75 patients with angiographically and surgically proven internal carotid stenosis were compared with age and sex matched control subjects with respect to plasma cholesterol, triglycerides and glucose. They were also compared for blood pressure, cigarette smoking, evidence of ische...

Management of Atherosclerotic Carotid Artery Stenosis

Extracranial carotid artery stenosis.

BACKGROUND Carotid endarterectomy is the most common surgical procedure used to treat stenosis of the extracranial precerebral carotid artery. Data from several randomized controlled trials are available to help guide its use in specific patient subgroups. Carotid angioplasty with stenting is also being performed, and clinical trials comparing this procedure with carotid endarterectomy are in p...

Carotid Endarterectomy for Atherosclerotic Stenosis Associated with Non-bifurcating Cervical Carotid Artery: A Case Report

We report a case of a 79-year-old man presenting with left cervical carotid artery stenosis associated with non-bifurcating cervical carotid artery, a very rare congenital anatomical variation supplying different branches of the external carotid artery directly from a common trunk without a bifurcation. We performed carotid endarterectomy for this symptomatic carotid artery atherosclerotic sten...

ANGIOPLASTY AND STENTING OF CAROTID ARTERY STENOSIS WITH EMBOLIC PROTECTION DEVICES

Background: Carotid artery stenting (CAS) has recently been recommended as an alternative to carotid endarterectomy (CEA) by some clinicians. Objective: This study was designed to evaluate the success rate and in-hospital and 30-day adverse events in our first experiences in Iran for CAS with protection devices, to document our results and guide further use of CAS. Methods: From December 2...