Carotid intervention (endarterectomy or stenting, depending on the clinical setting) is recommended generally in symptomatic patients with stenosis of more than 70% and in selected asymptomatic low ...

Cerebral protection with proximal occlusion did not significantly reduce development of new embolic cerebral lesions or improve clinical outcomes compared with distal filter among patients who ...

Carotid Artery Dissection: (Left ... Presumably, the dissection resulted in an artery to artery embolus that lodged in the distal MCA stem. CCA = common carotid artery; ICA = internal carotid artery .

Cite this: Mycotic Aneurysm of the Internal Carotid Artery Presenting with Multiple Cerebral Septic Emboli - Medscape - Aug 01, 2007. Abstract and Introduction Case Report ...

In community-based studies in the United States and France, the annual incidence of spontaneous carotid-artery dissection ranged from 2.5 per 100,000 to 3 per 100,000. 4,5 Given the relative ...

Carotid Artery Dissection: (Left) Right Carotid Angiogram at the level of the carotid bifurcation; (Middle) Right Carotid Angiogram at the level of the base of the skull; (Right) Axial CT scan 3 days ...

"Learning curve" experience suggests a distal protection device may cut the risk of embolic stroke after carotid stenting. (American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2000.) ...

Treatment of Distal Anterior Circulation Aneurysms With the Pipeline Embolization Device. Neurosurgery , 2016; 79 (1): 14 DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000001117 Cite This Page : ...

MRI IDs Vulnerable Carotid Plaque Characteristics. March 7, 2014 . Increased Risk of Carotid Artery Wall Thickening in COPD Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) aids in cardiovascular disease ...