In this series of patients with acute ischemic stroke, we evaluated the potential utility of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS ... consisted of positioning a guide catheter in the common carotid artery, ...
A high pitch sound or "bruit" coming from the carotid artery may indicate significant narrowing. Carotid Artery Ultrasound Doppler Scan - This is a noninvasive diagnostic test that uses ultrasound to ...
17 The flowchart of patient screening is shown in Figure 1. Carotid ultrasound is performed by certified professional technicians using an ultrasound diagnostic system (Resona7, Mindray). The common ...
The patient was initially evaluated with a carotid artery duplex ultrasound ... Dr. Erben: In my practice, from the anatomic perspective, I use duplex ultrasound as a screening tool in patients who ...
Colour-duplex ultrasound ... while the basilar artery had normal flow. CT angiography and MRI ruled out any ischaemic cerebral infarct and disclosed a persistent hypoglossal artery (PHA) originating ...
CaWs are fibrous, shelf-like intimal flaps projecting from the posterior wall of the internal carotid artery bulb into the arterial lumen ... angiography (CTA), magnetic resonance (MR), ultrasound (US ...
The exclusion criteria were non-atherosclerotic disease, shadowing of more than 50% due to plaque calcification on grey scale ultrasound, previous endarterectomy or intravascular stent at the site of ...