SUMMARY: Hypoxic preconditioning is known to induce neuroprotection, but its effects and pathways in chronic brain pathology still unknown. The aim was to establish an involvement of a7 subunit of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (a7nAchRs), and sirtuins of 1 (SIRT1) and 3 (SIRT3) types in the effects o...
SUMMARY: This study aimed to compare the clinical value of carotid ultrasound and digital subtraction angiography (DSA) for carotid artery stenosis in patients with cerebral infarction. Sixty patients with cerebral infarction underwent carotid ultrasound and DSA. Carotid artery stenosis, degree of stenos...
Objectives To establish the success rate in endovascular internal carotid artery (ICA)
stenosis recanalization using the double-layer stent Casper-RX (Microvention, Inc 35
Enterprise, Aliso Viejo, California, United States of America) and to identify the main
comorbidities in individuals with ICA stenosi...
La endarterectomía carotídea es el procedimiento quirúrgico de elección
para tratar la obstrucción y/o estenosis de la arteria carótida extracraneal
y prevenir los eventos neurológicos. La aparición de síntomas depende
de la gravedad y progresión de la lesión, del adecuado flujo colateral,
de ...
Introducción: El síndrome de limb-shaking o sacudida de extremidades como presentación de un ataque isquémico transitorio es raro y suele asociarse con estenosis de las arterias carótidas internas. El principal diagnóstico diferencial es con crisis convulsivas. Presentación del caso...
Introduction: Atherosclerosis is a progressive inflammatory disease that can trigger serious medical consequences like acute myocardial infarction or stroke. Case Report: The purpose of this study is to report an unusual case of finding calcified atheromatous plaques in the carotid arteries bilaterally u...
ABSTRACT Purposes: To evaluate changes in ocular blood flow and subfoveal choroidal thickness in patients with symptomatic carotid artery stenosis after carotid artery stenting. Methods: We included 15 men (mean age, 63.6 ± 9.1 years) with symptomatic carotid artery stenosis and 18 healthy volunteers ...