There, she was immediately sent for an angiogram that found an almost complete blockage of her right artery. Her doctor informed her that a flight of steps could have put her into cardiac arrest.

and common carotid artery ostial stenosis. At our institution, emergent CT angiography of the head and neck is performed on every patient considered for endovascular stroke intervention. We proceed ...

Background Occlusion of the internal carotid artery (ICA) may extend into the middle or anterior ... based on the most proximal visible thrombus on CT angiography or MR angiography and patency of the ...

This article was originally posted Dec. 8, 2014. It has been updated. There are many things in medicine that are merely a matter of preference or style. How to check a patient’s pulse is not one ...

Carotid sinus hypersensitivity is rarely diagnosed before age 50 and is more common in men than women. Men with heart conditions such as hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, coronary artery disease and ...

Carotid cross clamping and shunt insertion; (c) After mobilization of the shunt. Figure 2. (a) Magnetic resonance angiography. With 1. Right subclavian artery; 2. Right Carotid artery; 3.

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