background: the presence of significant carotid stenosis in coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg) patients increases the risk of either transient ischemic attack or stroke. however, there is a dearth of data on the risk for patients with unilateral total occlusion of the carotid artery. we herein report our results of cardiac surgery in patients with unilateral total occlusion of the carotid a...

Background—Carotid stenting is receiving increased attention as an alternative to carotid endarterectomy. Carotid stent thrombosis is a rare complication of this procedure. Case Descriptions—We present 2 case reports from a university medical center. Two patients had angiographically confirmed carotid stent (CS) thrombosis with subsequent fatal strokes. The first was a 63-year-old woman who dev...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Platelet-fibrin thrombi in the lumen of atherostenotic carotid arteries may underlie transient ischemic attacks and cerebral infarction. For this reason, we investigated the antiplatelet and antithrombotic effects of a novel and potent platelet fibrinogen receptor (glycoprotein IIb/IIIa) antagonist (SK&F 106760). METHODS The effects of 0.1-3.0 mg/kg i.v. SK&F 106760 on ...

The aim of this study is to evaluate the carotid artery intima media thickness and serum lipids in pediatric patients with epilepsy treated with valproic acid. The study included 44 pediatric epileptic and 40 healthy children. Intima media thickness of left common carotid artery and fasting lipid profile (total cholesterol, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipopr...

To cite: Ganesh Y, Yadala V, Vemula B, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2015-212189 DESCRIPTION A 29-year-old man presented with a 1-month history of pain and numbness in his right arm and hypertension for 2 months, which was refractory to a combination of antihypertensive drugs. Physical examination revealed multiple pulsatile swellings in ...

A COMPIEETE review of published eases of internal carotid artery occlusions in children has been given by Fischer and Friedmann in 19561 and by Wisoff and Rothballer in 1961.2, 3 Frantzen, Jacobsen, and Tlierkelsell in 19614 reported three cases of traumatic occlusioil of the internal artery in children. The cause of a traumatic occlusion of the internal carotid artery might be a direct lesioni...

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BACKGROUND The primitive trigeminal artery (PTA) is the most commonly described fetal anastomosis between the carotid and vertebrobasilar circulations. CASE PRESENTATION We report a 42-year-old patient presenting with internal carotid dissection, and imaging features of brainstem infarction. CONCLUSION Based on the imaging studies we presume occlusive carotid dissection with extensive throm...