Symptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis MOHAMMAD H. ESLAMI and ZACHARIAH K. ESLAMI Presentation A 65-year-old woman presented to the emergency room with right-sided paralysis and expressive aphasia. Her husband told the…
Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy—Carotid Artery Stenting DUSTIN Y. YOON and MARK K. ESKANDARI Presentation A 65-year-old right-handed gentleman with a history of tobacco use, myocardial infarction status post coronary bypass, and…
Cerebral Hyperperfusion after Carotid Artery Endarterectomy MARCUS E. SEMEL, LIANGGE HSU, and C. KEITH OZAKI Presentation A 67-year-old male with a history of dyslipidemia, essential hypertension, and a chronically occluded…
Best Medical Therapy in Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis VIJAIGANESH NAGARAJAN and ADITYA M. SHARMA Presentation A 78-year-old female with a history of diabetes mellitus and hypertension visited her primary physician for…
Acute Stroke after CEA MATTHEW R. ABATE and MOHAMMED M. MOURSI Presentation A 65-year-old Caucasian man is 45 minutes following a right carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and is now in the…
Workup of Patient with Atherosclerotic Arterial Vascular Disease: Focus on Risk Factor Modification SUROVI HAZARIKA and ADITYA M. SHARMA Presentation A 72-year-old woman with past medical history of hypertension and…
Cerebrovascular System I. ANATOMY (Figs. 7.1, 7.2, 7.3) A. The common carotid artery (CCA) is 5 to 6 mm in size. The right CCA originates from the brachiocephalic artery, and…
A Word About Doppler Controls On every ultrasound machine, there are several controls that are always the same (although they may not be arranged in the same way). It is…
Peripheral Venous Systems I. LOWER EXTREMITY VEINS A. Anatomy 1. During inspiration, intrathoracic pressure decreases, intraabdominal pressure increases, outflow from the peripheral veins decrease, and blood moves from the abdomen…
Penile Vessels I. ANATOMY (Figs. 6.1 and 6.2) A. The internal iliac arteries give rise to the internal pudendal arteries. Each internal pudendal artery gives off the urethral artery, the…
