the carotid bulb). Lidocaine has been suggested to relieve perioperative hemodynamic instability during CEA surgery. Several randomized studies examined the injection of lidocaine or a derivative ...

10 11 TDC analysis has not been applied to CaWs, which often produce stenoses similar to those of mild and moderate atherosclerotic plaques at the level of the carotid bulb. However, the different ...

The most effective treatment for carotid artery stenosis is carotid endarterectomy (CEA). To date, randomized trials of this procedure versus best medical care have excluded patients aged 80 years ...

A complementary theory is that the increase in carotid IMT with age in healthy adults is primarily an adaptive response of intrinsic compositional elements of the arterial wall to progressive ...

As a manifestation of positive arterial remodeling, angiographically normal carotid and coronary arteries do not exclude extensive underlying atherosclerosis. Attention is shifting towards ...

Ultrasound is used to assess risk stratification in patients with coronary artery disease. However, few studies quantify the relationship between carotid or lower limb atherosclerosis and coronary ...

The apical pulse (or precordial impulse) originates from the bottom of the heart and is felt on the outer left chest wall just under the nipple. The apical pulse provides information about heart rate ...