Atherosclerotic Stenosis
Original Article Elevated plasma level of homocysteine is associated with intra/extracranial atherosclerotic stenosis in Chinese patients with large artery atherosclerotic cerebral infarction
... Abstract: Background and aims Hyperhomocysteinemia was recognized as a risk factor for cerebral infarction, espe- cially caused by large-artery atherosclerosis (LAA). But whether high plasma total homocysteine (tHcy) is ...
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Current smoking is associated with extracranial carotid atherosclerotic stenosis but not with intracranial large artery disease
... Extracranial atherosclerotic stenosis; FLAIR: Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery sequences; GIB: Gastrointestinal bleeding; HDL: High density lipoprotein; ICA: Internal carotid artery; ICAS: Intracranial ...
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Enterprise stent for the treatment of symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis: an initial experience of 44 patients
... The best treatment option for symptomatic intra- cranial atherosclerotic stenosis remains controversial [14, 15]. Results from WASID and SAMPPRIS studies suggested that optimal medical therapy may reduce ...
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Protective and Indicating Effect of Indirect Bilirubin in Intracranial or Extracranial Artery Atherosclerotic Stenosis Progresses
... Our study was limited by its retrospective design and relatively small sample size. In addition, the trends identified in the study were based on different patients rather than on monitoring different stages of the ...
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Morphologic characteristics of severe basilar artery atherosclerotic stenosis on 3D high-resolution MRI
... arterial atherosclerotic stenosis; ICC: Intraclass correlation coefficient; LA: Lumen area; MLN: Maximal lumen narrowing; MPR: Multiple planar reconstruction; NIHSS: National Institutes of Health Stroke ...
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Intracranial Angioplasty without Stenting for Symptomatic Atherosclerotic Stenosis: Long Term Follow up
... A number of explanations may account for the reduced incidence of strokes, even in patients with residual stenoses of ⬎ 50% at the completion angio- plasty. The main goal of the angioplasty is to improve blood flow. Some ...
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Intracranial Vertebrobasilar Stenosis:Angioplasty and Follow up
... PTA of the posterior intracranial circulation can be performed with a low complication rate and a high patency rate. The results in our series are in line with those of the recent literature. Taken to- gether, they help ...
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Acetazolamide challenge for three dimensional time of flight MR angiography of the brain
... CONCLUSIONS: Acetazolamide improves visualization of small peripheral intracranial arteries and sensitivity in detecting atherosclerotic stenosis in the main trunk of major cerebral arte[r] ...
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Percutaneous angioplasty of atherosclerotic and postsurgical stenosis of carotid arteries
... A technique for safe angioplasty of atherosclerotic stenosis of internal and common carotid arteries is described in which temporary balloon occlusion of the internal carotid artery is u[r] ...
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Pattern of Atherosclerotic Carotid Stenosis in Korean Patients with Stroke: Different Involvement of Intracranial versus Extracranial Vessels
... rotic stenosis, as detected using cerebral angiography, and one or more risk factors of atherosclerosis, eg, hypertension, dia- betes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, coronary arterial disease, pre- vious history of ...
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Treatment of Atherosclerotic Disease at the Cervical Carotid Bifurcation: Current Status and Review of the Literature*
... cervical atherosclerotic stenosis, and some investigators claim that the results and benefits for carotid stent- ing are comparable with those of ...artery atherosclerotic disease is a correctable ...
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Stenting for symptomatic intracranial arterial stenosis in China: 1-year outcome of a multicentre registry study
... intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis (ICAS) combined with poor collaterals in China showed that the short-term safety and efficacy of stenting was ...70%–99% stenosis located at the intracranial ...
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Comparison of Predictive Ability of Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with Carotid Atherosclerosis Complicated with Stroke
... Angiography has long been a gold standard for diagnosing vascular disease, but it is traumatic and expensive (6). As technology moves forward, the non-invasive detection of carotid atheroscle- rosis is now increasingly ...
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Suppression of Coronary Atherosclerosis by Helix B Surface Peptide, a Nonerythropoietic, Tissue-Protective Compound Derived from Erythropoietin
... cross-sectional stenosis and significant stenosis (>75%), was clearly suppressed in animals treated with HBSP compared with those treated with the control scrambled pep- tide (Figure ...coronary ...
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Long-term clinical outcome of patients with severe atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis after percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty
... ARAS: Atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis; ARB: Angiotensin type 1 receptor blocker; ASTRAL: The Angioplasty and Stenting for Renal Artery Lesions; CCE: Cholesterol crystal embolism; CORAL: The ...
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Intracranial Angioplasty and Stenting: Long Term Results from a Single Center
... Postprocedure, to prevent reperfusion/hyperperfusion hemor- rhage, strict attention was paid to blood pressure control with the goal of keeping the systolic pressure within a specified normal range (110 – 130 mm Hg) ...
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Ultra-small superparamagnetic particles of iron oxide in magnetic resonance imaging of cardiovascular disease
... awaiting carotid endarterectomy for severe carotid stenosis were imaged before and 36 hours post-USPIO, in line with the findings of their previous work. MRI analysis was similar and more extensive histological ...
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Gadolinium Enhancement of Atherosclerotic Plaque in the Middle Cerebral Artery: Relation to Symptoms and Degree of Stenosis
... symptomatic stenosis or asymptomatic stenosis according to the presence of recent isch- emic stroke consistent with MCA ...Symptomatic stenosis was defined as a diffusion-restrictive lesion seen on ...
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Association between Intracranial Atherosclerotic Calcium Burden and Angiographic Luminal Stenosis Measurements
... of stenosis measurements, we used a combination of MIP and axial MRA source images and multipla- nar reformations and axial ...of stenosis was calculated for each ICA and categorized as 0% reflecting no ...
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A case of acquired right sided subclavian steal syndrome successfully treated with stenting using brachial approach
... Subclavian artery occlusive disease occurs in relative- ly younger patients (mean age 49 - 69 years) than more common types of atherosclerotic disease [8-10]. While in most reports there is only slight ...
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