Published in General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of bivalirudin on endothelial cell proliferation and neointimal hyperplasia in a rabbit carotid artery model. "New Zealand rabbits (n = 12)" weighing 2-3 kg were randomly divided into two groups. Arteriotomy was performed to the rabbit carotid artery and closed with continuous suture technique. G...
Published in Journal of neuroradiology = Journal de neuroradiologie
The common carotid artery (CCA) and extracranial internal carotid artery are subject to a wide variety of non-atheromatous pathologies. These entities are often overshadowed in both research and clinical realms by atherosclerotic disease. Nevertheless, non-atherosclerotic disease of the carotid arteries may have profound, even devastating, neurolog...
Assessing arterial-wall motion and deformations may reveal pathologic alterations in biomechanical properties of the parietal tissues and, thus, contribute to the detection of vascular disease onset. Ultrasound image sequences allow the observation of this motion and many methods have been developed to estimate temporal changes in artery diameter a...
Published in Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association
There has been a growing interest in whether carotid revascularization may reverse cognitive decline. In this study the aim was to assess cognitive changes after carotid artery endarterectomy and stenting, using neuropsychological assessment with MoCA and CANTAB test. Seventy patients with asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis, qualified for CEA (st...
Published in European Surgical Research
Background: More than 20,000 carotid endarterectomies are performed annually in the Russian Federation. Until now, no studies based on the national carotid data set have been published. The objectives of this study were to evaluate early outcomes after carotid endarterectomy and to identify potential risk factors for major adverse cardiovascular ev...
Published in Case Reports in Neurology
Cervical artery dissection is a rare complication of head and neck trauma. Though it is an infrequent cause of ischaemic stroke, it is more common among the young with cerebral ischaemia. The usual location of carotid dissection is just beyond the carotid bulb. We report a case of post-traumatic internal carotid dissection that began at the base of...
Published in World Journal of Clinical Cases
BACKGROUND Grade II and III meningiomas [World Health Organization (WHO) classification] rarely have extracranial metastases via the blood circulation; however, we experienced a case with a metaplastic atypical meningioma and local de-differentiation that metastasized to the jugular vein, carotid artery and subclavian artery at the cervicothoracic ...
Published in G3 (Bethesda, Md.)
Atherosclerosis is a polygenic disorder that often affects multiple arteries. Carotid arteries are common sites for evaluating subclinical atherosclerosis, and aortic root is the standard site for quantifying atherosclerosis in mice. We compared genetic control of atherosclerosis between the two sites in the same cohort derived from two phenotypica...
Published in Journal of vascular surgery cases and innovative techniques
Large vessel arterial thrombosis has been reported to complicate a subset of cases of COVID-19. Thrombosis of the extracranial carotid arterial system may lead to devastating stroke in some patients with COVID-19. We present a patient previously hospitalized with COVID-19 for oxygen supplementation who presented after discharge with delayed stroke ...
Published in European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging
Atherosclerotic plaque development and progression signifies a complex inflammatory disease mediated by a multitude of proinflammatory leukocyte subsets. Using single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) coupled with computed tomography (CT), this study tested a new dual-isotope acquisition protocol to assess each radiotracer's capability to...
