Aims: To compare the carotid intima-media thickness in type 2 diabetic patients with and without coronary artery disease (CAD), and to correlate the intima-media thickness (IMT) with known coronary risk factors. Methods: two hundred and twenty patients of type 2 diabetes were recruited for the study. History and physical examination were recorded. Laboratory investigations included fasting and ...

Nine cases of carotid body tumor chemiodectomas in seven Patients are presented and diagnostic and therapeutic problems discussed Similar to other reports, many cases undergo operative exploration without correct preoper.ativ.e diagnosis or ability of the surgeon to handle such lesions. The most important factor for correct diagndsis is including carotid body in differential diagnosis of latera...

one of the signifiant risk factor of ischemic stroke is carotid artery occlusion. although surgical treatment was disappointing in these patient but there is a growing reports of sucessful endovascular treatment recently. in this technical note 56 year-old man who suffered from bilateral carotid occlusion was revascularized. the penumbra thrombosuction system was applied to reduce the risk of d...

BACKGROUND Recent reports have argued that screening for blunt carotid injury is futile and have called for a cost analysis. Our data previously supported screening asymptomatic trauma patients for blunt cerebrovascular injury (BCVI) to prevent associated neurologic sequelae. Our hypothesis is that aggressive angiographic screening for BCVI based on a patient's injury pattern and symptoms allow...

We report a 31-year-old Chinese man with bronchial carcinoid tumour and bilateral phaeochromocytoma. His sister also gave a history of bilateral carotid body paraganglioma. This case demonstrates the importance of screening for other endocrine disorders in patients with foregut carcinoid tumours.

background: coronary disease is the most common cause of death in the world. because of common risk factors, atherosclerotic stenosis of coronary and carotid arteries occurs together. this study evaluated the prevalence of carotid stenosis in diabetic candidates for angiography methods: in a cross-sectional study, 152 diabetic candidates for angiography referred to cardiology clinic of shariati...

Diabetes mellitus (DM) per se confers a two-fold excess risk of vascular outcomes, but the is subject to wide variation depending on population and contemporary prophylactic medical therapy. Although patients with DM have high rate asymptomatic coronary heart disease (CHD), routine screening for CHD has not been shown improve clinical outcomes in being treated intensive therapy cardiovascular f...

there are epidemiologic evidences suggested an increased carotid intima/media thickness (imt) as a predictor of cardiovascular disease events. the purpose of this study was to determine the differences of imt means in patients with positive and negative coronary angiographic findings. background: we conducted a case control study on patients with typical stable angina pectoris. the case group i...