Each scan of the common carotid artery began just above the clavicle, and the transducer was moved cephalad through the bifurcation and along the internal carotid artery. Three segments were ...

Stepwise regression identified key predictors, including tapered stumps, occlusion segments ≤4, short occlusion duration ... evidence of transient ischemic attack or ischemic stroke associated with ...

Background Occlusion of the internal carotid artery (ICA) may extend into the middle or anterior cerebral artery ... The study sample was divided into three groups of patients—namely, ICA-T occlusion ...

In the operation, the aneurysmatic segment was resected and sent for histopathological evaluation. Saphenous vein graft was interposed as end to end anastomosis to the proximal and distal healthy ...

The carotid arteries are neck arteries located on both sides of the neck that supply blood to the brain and parts of the head and neck. The internal carotid artery is a major branch of the common ...

The ICA originates from the cranial portion of the dorsal aorta and the terminal segments of the primitive third aortic arch and is fully developed by around the sixth week. 8 Agenesis or aplasia of ...

Until now, IDMs have been investigated for correcting partial-volume effects only in brain tissue, and not in the carotid arteries. Their performance regarding PVC in the internal carotids is, ...

Background Several investigators have evaluated relations between risk factors and intimal-medial thickness (IMT) of the extracranial carotid arteries and between IMT and clinical cardiovascular dise ...

Chronic internal carotid artery occlusion (CICAO) has high prevalence and incidence rates ... and distal ICA reconstruction with communication or ophthalmic segments were identified as independent ...