Carotid artery ultrasound imaging is a crucial tool in assessing cardiovascular health, particularly for detecting conditions like atherosclerosis, which can lead to strokes. The segmentation of ...

The repeatability of a variety of indices of arterial stiffness calculated from a standard carotid arterial M-mode ultrasound image was investigated ... the maximum and minimum internal diameter and ...

There has been an ongoing debate regarding which duplex ultrasound (DUS ... PSVs and end-diastolic velocities of the ICA and common carotid artery were recorded. Patients with PSVs of the ICA ...

the reference diameter of the external carotid artery should be between 3–6 mm and the reference diameter of the common carotid artery should be between 5–13 mm Terumo Europe Nanoparasol Filter; ...

13, 14 Baseline characteristics and ultrasound findings are shown in tables 1 and 2 ... one or more exclusion criteria (atrial fibrillation or other cardiac embolic source, n = 5; ipsilateral internal ...

Q: I'm worried about carotid artery disease — what symptoms should I watch for? A: Carotid artery disease often develops silently but can present symptoms such as sudden weakness or numbness on ...

The thin‐line access sheath has a distal radiopaque and echogenic marker and a side port for an over‐the‐wire (OTW) deployment of suture, allowing constant preservation of the access to the carotid ...

OCT employs near-infrared light, while conventional ultrasound imaging employs sound waves ... Balloon-induced arterial wall injury of the right common carotid artery was performed with a 3F Fogarty ...

Using a proximal flow-arrest technique in 95 (87.2%) and flow-reversal in 14 (12.8%) procedures, the Walrus was navigated into the common carotid artery successfully in all cases despite challenging ...

CTA is less operator-dependent than ultrasound, and imaging is faster than MRI ... Determination of plaque delineation range: the entire range involved in the plaque at the bifurcation of the common ...

Sixty-three percent were done for ≥ 70% asymptomatic carotid stenosis and 37% for strokes/transient ischemic attacks. Table 1 summarizes the clinical and demographic characteristics. The ...

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