... strategies for symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals with carotid artery stenosis. Our aim was to examine contemporary multinational practice standards. Methods: Departmental Review Board approval for this study was obtained, and 3 authors prepared the 44 multiple choice survey questions. Endorsement...

... (AIS) caused by internal carotid artery occlusion (ICAO). We aimed at investigating the effectiveness and safety of add-on EVT after IV tPA in AIS patients with ICAO. Methods: Between March 2010 and March 2013, 3,689 consecutive ischemic stroke patients who were hospitalized within 4.5 h of onset were...

... Furtner; Ulf Bodechtel; Arndt Rolfs; Christof Kessler; Michael G. Hennerici; on behalf of the sifap1 Investigators Background: Patients with carotid artery dissection (CAD) have been reported to have different vascular risk factor profiles and clinical outcomes to those with vertebral artery dissection...

... the risk of cerebrovascular disease and improve cognition. An increase in cerebral blood flow may be the underlying mechanism. Under normal conditions, cerebral blood flow velocity changes in the internal carotid arteries and in large basal cerebral arteries correlate closely with cerebral blood flow...

.... Although healing of ruptured plaques has been described in coronary arteries, little is known about the natural development of plaque ulcerations in carotid arteries. We therefore explored the evolution of carotid plaque surface morphology with serial multidetector CT angiography (MDCTA). Methods: From...

...L.M. Jongen; H.B. van der Worp; A. Waaijer; Y. van der Graaf; W.P.T.M. Mali Background: In patients with carotid artery stenosis, ipsilateral hemodynamic compromise is associated with an increased risk of stroke. It is unclear which factors determine cerebral perfusion. We studied the effect...

... or of their effectiveness, quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Atherosclerosis Carotid arteries Carotid stenosis Carotid occlusion...

...Timothy J. Ingall Cerebral ischemia resulting from carotid artery atherosclerosis is related most frequently to atherosclerosis of the proximal internal carotid artery (ICA). Cerebral ischemic symptoms associated with atherosclerosis of the external carotid artery (ECA) occur uncommonly and usually...

... in the European Carotid Surgery Trial Risk Factors, Distribution of Carotid Stenosis, Effect of Surgery and Type of Recurrent Stroke K eyw ords Lacunar infarction Carotid arteries Carotid endarterectomy Carotid stenosis Prognosis Abstract We compared the degree of carotid stenosis, risk factor profile, and effect...

...Iulia M. Graf; Floris H.B.M. Schreuder; Werner H. Mess; Robert S. Reneman; Arnold P.G. Hoeks Background: Alterations in arterial absolute distension (AD) and relative distension (RD) in the common carotid artery (CCA), as observed by ultrasound, may relate to atherosclerotic processes in a nearby...

.... The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between carotid plaque characteristics and the types of stroke in patients who had carotid artery (CA) stenosis ≥50%. Methods: 102 consecutive subjects (mean age 67.2 ± 10.2 years; 73 males) who initially had ischemic stroke or asymptomatic CA...

...Floris H.B.M. Schreuder; Werner H. Mess; Arnold P.G. Hoeks Background: Duplex ultrasonography is frequently used to select patients who are eligible for carotid endarterectomy by using local blood flow velocities to quantify the degree of internal carotid artery stenosis. However, ageing affects...

...Jeroen Hendrikse; Catharina J.M. Klijn; Alexander C. van Huffelen; L. Jaap Kappelle; Jeroen van der Grond Objective: With routine use of non-invasive methods to assess the internal carotid artery, it becomes increasingly important to clarify the diagnostic accuracy of transcranial Doppler (TCD...

...József Kónya; Sándor Molnár; Mária T. Magyar; Csilla C. Szekeres; Levente Kerényi; László Csiba Background: Both clinical and pathological alterations of the carotid arteries were correlated with Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in 67 acute ischemic stroke patients with severe neurological symptoms...

...). Moreover, ADMA inhibits the inducible NOS (iNOS), the isoform that triggers atherosclerosis via peroxynitrite formation. Therefore, we investigated whether ADMA is a risk or protective factor in the atherosclerotic process. Intima-media thickness (IMT) of the common carotid artery, a surrogate for vascular...

... to in the content or advertisements. Stroke Ultrasonography Risk factors Carotid arteries Atherosclerosis Original Paper Cerebrovasc Dis 2006;22:432 438 DOI: 10.1159/000094996 Received: August 29, 2005 Accepted: May 4, 2006 Published online: August 11, 2006 Clustering of Risk Factors Increases...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Carotid arteries Embolism Stenosis Transcranial Doppler Carotid stenting (CAS) is being developed as an interventional treatment for carotid artery disease [ 1, 2 ], and can be an alternative choice to carotid...

... size was attached to the middle finger of the right hand. A high fidelity hand-held tonometer (model SPT-301; Millar Instruments,Houston,Tex., USA) was applied to the skin overlying the pulse of the common carotid artery to obtain carotid pressure waveforms. The transducers were internally calibrated...

... specimen was fixed in formalin and embedded in paraffin wax. Sections of 5–10 µm thickness were taken transversely (i.e. perpendicular to the lumen) from the origin of the internal carotid artery at the bifurcation point (fig.  1 ), and stained with haematoxylin and eosin. Fig. 1 Diagram...

...Konstantinos N. Vemmos; Georgios Tsivgoulis; Konstantinos Spengos; Christos M. Papamichael; Nikolaos Zakopoulos; Michael Daffertshofer; John P. Lekakis; Myron Mavrikakis An increase in the intima-media thickness of the common carotid artery (CCA-IMT) is generally considered as an early marker...