A 54 year-old man presented with three brief attacks of transient loss of vision in the left eye. One episode was associated with right sided weakness and difficulty with speech. Internal Carotid ...

DESPITE general interest in the physiology of the carotid circulation of man, there is little precise information about blood flow through these vessels. Neurosurgeons have long been accustomed to ...

The diagnosis of symptomatic events from a moderate to severe extracranial carotid artery stenosis (50%–99%) is a medical emergency. Patients should be admitted ...

A 61-year-old right-handed man presented with a two-day history of a new headache that had developed gradually several hours after he dived into a lake. The headache, which encompassed the entire left ...

A 23 year-old woman developed left sided headaches after a minor car accident. She had pain in the left neck and a Horner's sign on the left. Carotid Artery Dissection: (Left and Middle) Axial fat ...

TIPIC syndrome, formerly known as idiopathic carotidynia, is a rare vascular disease. Its current name was first used by Lecler et al 1 in 2017. The following features may help diagnose this syndrome: ...

Carotid artery disease is a common cause of stroke. It occurs when plaque builds up inside the carotid arteries. These are the arteries that supply oxygen-rich blood to the brain. There are two large ...

Introduction: The identification of asymptomatic patients at high risk of internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis destabilization and symptom occurrence is crucial for prognosis estimation. Objectives: ...

Over the 14-year study period from January 1989 to June 2003, 844 patients were admitted to the trauma center at the University of Florida Health Science Center/Jacksonville with the diagnosis of ...