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Background Challenging anatomy for carotid artery access can result in a delay to achieve successful recanalization in patients with acute ischemic stroke. Our objective was to study emergent direct ...

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In recent years, it has become clear that carotid IMT, coronary calcification and carotid ... Because plaque progresses along the carotid artery 2.4 times faster than it thickens, plaque area ...

Introduction: Embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS) may be associated with nonstenotic carotid artery plaques. Noncalcified plaque components such as intraplaque hemorrhage (IPH) as well as ...

A possible association between mitral annular calcification and coronary artery disease has recently been suggested. Objective: To determine the prevalence of severe coronary artery disease in younger ...

Breast arterial calcification ... scoring systems and carotid intima-media thickness, suggested that BAC could serve as an additional risk factor for coronary artery disease, particularly in ...

Background The frequent occurrence of calcification in intracranial artery stenosis increases the risk of ischemic stroke. In previous cases, we have observed a possible relationship between ...

ed.ac.uk Background Coronary artery calcification is pathognomonic of coronary artery disease (CAD). Whether CAD in patients with COPD is linked to lung function, functional capacity and/or clinically ...

One of the exclusion criteria for renal transplant is severe iliac artery calcification. We performed an aortofemoral bypass in these patients to make them eligible for renal transplantation.

Celiac artery compression syndrome, also known as median arcuate ligament syndrome, is a condition where a muscular fibrous band of the diaphragm, the median arcuate ligament, compresses the celiac ...