Chapter 88 Endovascular Treatment of Extracranial Occlusive Disease Henry Moyle, Aman Patel Stroke is currently the third leading cause of death in the United States.1 Carotid occlusive disease is the…
Chapter 68 Management of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms Vikram V. Nayar, K.a.i. Frerichs, Arthur L. Day Subarachnoid hemorrhage, when caused by the rupture of an intracranial aneurysm, has a mortality rate…
Chapter 67 Management of Dissections of the Carotid and Vertebral Arteries Gregory J. Velat, Brian L. Hoh, Christopher S. Ogilvy Arterial dissection is an important cause of stroke. The symptomatology,…
5 Vascular Pathology Arterial Pathology Vessel Wall Pathology Tortuosity Intima-media Thickness Atherosclerotic Plaques Arterial Stiffness Dissection Fibromuscular Dysplasia (FMD) Vasculitis/Arteritis Carotidynia and Carotid Artery Vasospasm Stenoses and Occlusions Ultrasound Criteria…
2 Vascular Anatomy and Structure of Ultrasound Examination General Arterial Anatomy Extracranial Arterial Anatomy Intracranial Arterial Anatomy General Structure of Arterial Ultrasound Examination Special Arterial Anatomy and Ultrasound Anatomy Extracranial…
Case 15 Near-occlusion of the Right and High-grade Stenosis of the Left Extracranial Internal Carotid Artery Clinical Presentation A 58-year-old man was admitted after suffering a transient left-sided weakness and…
1 Flow and Ultrasound Basics Flow Dynamics Physics of Flow Flow Pattern and Flow Velocity Ultrasound Principles Doppler Effect Doppler Shift and Flow Velocity Ultrasound Systems Ultrasound Transducer Imaging Modalities,…
Case 40 Left Internal Carotid Artery Occlusion and Ipsilateral Arteriovenous Malformation in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinical Presentation A 52-year-old otherwise healthy woman was admitted to the department of internal medicine…
Case 30 Multilocular Extra- and Intracranial Stenoses and Occlusions Clinical Presentation A 41-year old woman presented to a district general hospital because of transient episodes of numbness in the left…
Case 20 Right Internal Carotid Artery Dissection with Fast Recanalization Clinical Presentation A 56-year-old man presented with progressive paresis of his left arm. Three days prior to presentation, he had…
