Pulmonary valve stenosis. The doctor inserts the catheter through a vein and threads it into the heart to the pulmonary valve. A tiny balloon at the end of the catheter is quickly inflated to push apart the leaflets, or "doors," of the valve. The balloon is then deflated and the catheter...
Thirty-one patients with ectasia of intracranial arteries were studied. The carotid system was more frequently involved than the vertebrobasilar. The condition is relatively rare and usually occurs with other vascular disease. Ectasia presents with a variety of neurological symptoms, amongst which ...
aThe vertebral arteries should not be routinely cannulated during carotid angiography, and selective vertebral artery angiography should be reserved for those cases where knowledge of posterior circulation anatomy will help with decision making, or where there is a true concern for vertebrobasilar insuffic...
power inject into the common carotid arteries. In situations where power injection is being used ,the physician often leaves the patient's bedside after positioning the diagnostic catheter in the CCA. Patient movement during this time can result in inadvertent angulation of the diagnostic ca[...
Anyway, the moral of the story is that, male or female, you have nerve fibers that exit your skull through the jugular foramen, pass down your neck behind your carotid arteries, follow your esophagus and stomach to the networks of nerves that run your guts, and run as impossibly slender ...
In particular, regarding the carotid arteries, the following characteristics are analyzed: atheroma, carotid plaque echomorphology, carotid stenosis, presence of ulcer, local variations in surface deformability, pathological characteristics, and dissection. Finally the significance of the cerebral collateral ...
It is a chronic cerebrovascular pathology characterized by stenosis and progressive occlusion of the termination of the carotid arteries. It is of reserved prognosis. Its diagnosis can be evoked on computerized tomography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) but is essentially based on arteri...
A Picture of HealthReports on the effect of having an ultrasound image of blocked carotid arteries on the weight loss efforts of patients with high cholesterol level.Geraci, RonMens Health
A Picture of Health.Reports on the effect of having an ultrasound image of blocked carotid arteries on the weight loss efforts of patients with high cholesterol level.GeraciRonMen's Health (10544836)
Skull and spine are normal; carotid arteries are equal and palpable. The patient is disoriented to time and space and is unable to recall his address or telephone number. However, he recognizes his daughter and can recite the names of his grandchildren. Cra...