Ischemic Stroke

Figure 1. Digital subtraction angiographic image, which shows a small, curvilinear filling defect in the proximal left internal carotid artery reflecting a carotid web.

Case Report

Carotid Web as Etiology of Recurrent Embolic Ischemic Stroke

07/15/2024

Rachel Shatanof , MD;

Simon Gaviria-Valencia , MD;

Francisco Ujueta , MD, MS;

Arman Gill , MD;

David Paniagua , MD;

Carotid webs are nonatherosclerotic fibrous bands commonly found on the carotid bulb's posterior margin. Little is known about their pathogenesis. It is hypothesized that carotid webs are congenital abnormalities that proliferate in response...

Carotid webs are...

07/15/2024

Vascular Disease Management

Figure 3. Digital subtraction angiography image of the left carotid injection showing occlusion of the left M1 middle cerebral artery.

Case Report

Mechanical Thrombectomy for Acute Ischemic Stroke Associated With an Ipsilateral Internal Carotid Artery Web

09/21/2023

Santhosh Reddy Kantala , MD, FNVIR;

Muppidi Shruthi , MD;

Ranjith Kumar , MD;

K. Ravinder Reddy , MD;

This case report highlights the clinical trajectory of a previously healthy young man who presented with acute right hemiplegia due to left middle cerebral artery occlusion. The patient underwent successful mechanical thrombectomy.

This case report highlights the...

09/21/2023

Vascular Disease Management

News

Stroke, TIA Risk Biomarker Is Identified in Patients With CAD

02/27/2020

Can apolipoprotein CIII plasma concentration predict whether a patient with coronary artery disease is at greater risk for experiencing ischemic stroke or a transient ischemic attack? Here are the results of the latest study.

Can apolipoprotein CIII plasma...

02/27/2020

Neurology

Interview

Jeffrey Farkas, MD: Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke Intervention

07/22/2019

Jeffrey Farkas , MD;

Jeffrey Farkas, MD, is a neuroradiologist working in an independent practice.

Jeffrey Farkas, MD, is a...

07/22/2019

Vascular Disease Management

Original Contribution

Intravascular MRI for the Evaluation of Lipid-Rich Vulnerable Plaques in Coronary and Peripheral Vessels

09/05/2008

Wilensky, et al.

Acute coronary syndromes and ischemic strokes develop suddenly and often unpredictably in patients with vascular disease. In the majority of patients, these clinical scenarios result from either rupture of a thin-cap fibroatheroma or...

Acute coronary syndromes and...

09/05/2008

Vascular Disease Management