Carotid Artery Surgery
Fig. 1 Schematic drawing that shows the measurements for NASCET and ECST criteria Table 1 Angiographic criteria NASCET (A–B) ———– × 100 % stenosis A ECST (C–B) ———– × 100 % stenosis C It…
Fig. 1 Schematic drawing that shows the measurements for NASCET and ECST criteria Table 1 Angiographic criteria NASCET (A–B) ———– × 100 % stenosis A ECST (C–B) ———– × 100 % stenosis C It…
Fig. 1 (a–f) DWI shows the extension of the ischemic core Fig. 2 (a, b) MR angiography shows the presence of a proximal carotid occlusion associated with M1 intracranial occlusion…
Fig. 1 Atherosclerosisin the carotid bulb from three endarterectomy specimens showing morphological variations. (a) A mature necrotic core with intraplaque hemorrhage (asterisk) is the main component of the plaque. The…
Fig. 1 A sixty-eight-year-old female patient with left trigeminal neuralgia. Axial CISS images (a, b), axial time-of-flight MRA source images (c, d), and coronal reconstruction (e, f) show AICA loop…
Fig. 1 (a) Selective right internal carotid artery (ICA) digital subtraction angiography injection, oblique projection, showing a complex aneurysm arising from the takeoff of the anterior choroidal artery (arrows). (b)…
Fig. 1 Axial CT (a) showing acute subarachnoid hemorrhage caused by rupture of a blister aneurysm. The aneurysm was not diagnosed on preliminary CTA, but subsequent DSA (b and c)…
Fig. 1 Area of high signal intensity seen on diffusion-weighted imaging suggestive of acute ischemic stroke The brain does not, for the most part, have its own energy stores and…
Fig. 1 Branching patterns of the aortic arch. (a) Standard configuration. (b) Common origin of the brachiocephalic trunk and the left common carotid artery. (c) Origin of the left common…
Molecule Function Nitric oxide (NO) Vasodilator Prostacyclin (PGI2) Vasodilator Endothelin-1 (ET-1) Vasoconstrictor Endothelium-derived contracting factors (EDCF) Vasoconstrictor The activity of the VSMC can be regulated directly by the sympathetic and…
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2016Luca Saba and Eytan Raz (eds.)Neurovascular Imaging10.1007/978-1-4614-9029-6_49 3. Nonatherosclerotic Vascular Disease: Biological and Pathological Basis Pierleone Lucatelli1 , Beatrice Sacconi1 and Carlo Catalano1 (1) Department of Radiological, Oncological and Anatomo-Pathological Sciences, Sapienza University…