BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Duplex sonography is an effective tool for evaluating internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis, and power Doppler imaging has improved its value in this regard. Our goal was to elucidate which parameters, such as linear stenosis, area stenosis, and peak systolic velocity (PSV), are the most reliable predictors of ICA stenosis greater than 70% using the method proposed by th...

Introduction: First branchial cleft anomalies manifest with duplication of the external auditory canal.   Case Report: This report features a rare case of microtia and congenital middle ear and canal cholesteatoma with first branchial fistula. External auditory canal stenosis was complicated by middle ear and external canal cholesteatoma, but branchial fistula, opening in the zygomatic root and...

Thrombotic events are very unusual in neonatal period. This congenital anomaly may be caused by certain risk factors such as polycythemia, perinatal asphyxia, septicemia, maternal diabetes, dehydration, and low cardiac output, or it may occur upon catheterization of central lines. A 20-day-old neonate was referred to our ward with primary signs of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCMP). Echocardiog...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Silent cerebral infarction is often found on computed tomographic scan in patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis, but its relation to the arterial stenosis is uncertain. METHODS We compared computed tomographic scans and carotid Doppler in 115 patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis, 203 with carotid transient ischemic attacks and carotid stenosis, and 63 with ...

Anne Abbott emphasises our finding that ipsilateral stroke risk is dependent on the degree of asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis.1 states this association was reported previously in ACSRS study, which she an author.2 In fact, only a non-significant correlation towards increased with stenosis found but as we showed systematic review, other much earlier studies had already more convincing corre...

traumatic injuries to great vessels are relative common in trauma practice. blunt thoracic trauma may result in dissection injury to aorta and innominate artery. we herein present a late presentation of traumatic innominate artery aneurysm. a29-year-old woman presented with dyspnea to our emergency department. she had previous motor-vehicle accident a month before presentation for which had und...

background: carotid artery stenting is now used as an alternative to surgical endarterectomy. this study was done to assess the feasibility, safety, and immediate and late clinical outcomes in patients undergoing carotid stenting . methods: between july 2008 and december 2009, a total of 40 patients (20 male, mean age: 65 ± 11 years, 19 symptomatic, and 90% high risk for endarterectomy) underwe...

background:  pericardial effusion (pe) in down syndrome (ds) patients  usually occur s   secondary to hypothyroidism,  but  we have   no  report of massive pericardial effusion in   euthyroid   down syndrome patient with  supravalvar  pulmonary stenosis . case presentation:  we  report ed   an   11-month-old  male with down syndrome   with  massive  pericardial  effusion that  had conservative ...

Post-intubation tracheal stenosis accounts for the greatest proportion of whole-cause tracheal stenosis. Treatment of post-intubation tracheal stenosis requires a multidisciplinary approach. Surgery or an endoscopic procedure can be used, depending on the type of stenosis. However, the efficacy of cryotherapy in post-intubation tracheal stenosis has not been validated. Here, we report a case of...