Introduction: Nitroglycerin is a fast-acting drug that rapidly dilates coronary arteries and thus increases blood flow to these vessels, and increases the blood flow through the lateral vessels to low blood areas. It also reduces both end diastolic pressure and volume of the left ventricular. However, the effect of nitroglycerin on the circulation hemodynamic is not known. Caro...

Formation of unstable plaques frequently results in atherothrombosis, the major cause for ischaemic stroke, myocardial infarction and peripheral arterial disease. Patients who have symptomatic thrombosis in one vascular bed are at increased risk of disease in other beds. However, the development of the disease in carotid, coronary and peripheral arteries may have different pathophysiology sugge...

BACKGROUND Cigarette smoking is a major risk factor of atherosclerosis. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between smoking and arterial hypertension as well as endothelial dysfunction in postmenopausal women without clinically manifested symptoms of atherosclerosis. MATERIAL/METHODS The study groups consisted of 35 current smokers and 45 nonsmokers. The thickness of intima-m...

OBJECTIVE Soluble CD40 ligand (sCD40L) has been suggested as a key mediator between inflammation and atherosclerosis, and the CD40-CD40L interaction has a role in atherosclerotic lesion progression. We evaluated if platelet released serum sCD40L and sCD40 levels differ between patients with early onset occlusive carotid artery disease and age-matched controls. METHODS sCD40L and sCD40 levels ...

our aim was to report techniques and our experience in one-stage angioplasty and stenting of ostium of left common carotid and left internal carotid arteries in an octogenarian man with transient ischemic attack, who was completely recovered from neurologic insults short time after the procedure. an 81-year-old man presented with a transient ischemic attack. neurologic examination showed left s...

Occlusion of the anterior cerebral artery is a rare condition. A review of CT scans from 413 patients with ischemic infarction confirmed this low relative incidence: only 3% of CT scans evidencing infarction involved the territory of the anterior cerebral artery. Four major mechanisms of anterior cerebral artery occlusion have been identified in this series: Emboli in unusual hemodynamic circum...

The prevalence of patent foramen ovale is approximately 20% in the global population. In patients under age 55 years, it has been proven as a cause acute ischemic embolic stroke otherwise undetermined source. We present case 25-year-old patient who experienced an dominant hemisphere due to internal carotid artery occlusion.The underwent mechanical thrombectomy, followed by intracranial stenting...

OBJECTIVE The effectiveness of the urgent carotid TEA in patients with not stabilizes serious neurological symptoms, remains controversial. MATERIAL The authors report on a case of a partial acute carotid thrombosis. The patient had outcomes of pulmonary tumor dealt with surgical removal of the medium right lobe. At admission, the neurological examination evidenced non specific neurological d...