BACKGROUND Brief antecedent periods of coronary artery occlusion improve subsequent vessel patency in damaged and stenotic coronary arteries via release of adenosine from ischemic/reperfused myocardium and resultant adenosine receptor stimulation. However, the site of receptor stimulation-circulating blood-borne elements (ie, platelets) versus vessel-wall components of the culprit artery-remain...

dissection of the internal carotid artery (ica) is a rare condition that accounts for a significant proportion of ischemic strokes in young adults. iatrogenic dissection as a complication of neurointerventional procedures is a traumatic dissection which has been reported relatively rare in the literature. in this report, a case of dissection of the ica is reported that was caused by repetitive ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Tandem internal carotid and middle cerebral artery occlusion independently predicts poor outcome after intravenous thrombolysis. Recanalization of internal carotid artery dissection by stent-assisted angioplasty has recently been proposed when anticoagulation fails to prevent a new ischemic event. We recently reported a case of tandem internal carotid and middle cerebral ...

Objective: CASPER Rx stent (Terumo, Tokyo, Japan) is one of the dual-layer micromesh stents for carotid artery stenosis. Although it expected to be safe and efficacious even vulnerable plaque, we report a case in-stent occlusion 2 weeks after stenting with stent.

In this study, 26 white New Zealand rabbits weighing between 2-3.5kg were used. Anaesthesia was induced with 1.5glkg urethane intraperitoneally. The ear vein was canulated and an intravenous supply was provided. The femoral artery was catheterized and used to monitor blood pressure. The haemodynamic effects of carotid artery occlusion are not well known. Therefore occluded carotid artery causes...

The use of a double-lumen balloon catheter for temporary occlusion testing of the internal carotid artery permits simultaneous perfusion of the distal internal carotid artery (and ophthalmic artery) with heparinized saline. If saline is infused too rapidly, the result may be total or partial replacement of oxygenated blood within the ophthalmic artery. This replacement may produce the signs and...

The occurrence of post-infarction epilepsy was investigated in 68 patients with angiographically proven internal carotid artery occlusion and in 56 patients with middle cerebral artery occlusion. Epileptic seizures occurred during follow-up in 9% of the carotid artery group and in 21.4% of the middle cerebral artery group. The different incidence of seizures in the two groups was statistically ...