Publications by authors named "B Solooki"
Purpose: Acetazolamide (ACZ)-enhanced single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) scans can assess both cerebral perfusion and vascular reactivity. Patients with asymptomatic critical carotid artery stenosis were evaluated for cerebral vascular reactivity to determine the effect of extracranial occlusive disease and the effect of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) on intracerebral reactivity.
Methods: In 44 patients with asymptomatic critical carotid artery stenosis, cerebral perfusion and vascular reactivity were assessed before CEA with resting and ACZ-enhanced SPECT scans.
Background And Methods: In 64 patients, cerebral perfusion and vascular reactivity were assessed before and after carotid endarterectomy (CEA) using acetazolamide (ACZ)-enhanced single photon emission computer tomography (SPECT). Twenty-five patients were asymptomatic, whereas the remainder were symptomatic. Sixty-one patients had a > or = 70% ipsilateral internal carotid artery stenosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Thirty-eight limbs with iliac occlusive disease were treated with Palmaz stents from 1987 through 1991.
Methods: Indications for stent utilization included dissection induced by percutaneous transluminal balloon angioplasty (PTA) (10), restenosis after PTA (nine), post-PTA residual stenosis (nine), multiple stenoses or occlusion (five), and unfavorable location (five).
Results: The ankle/brachial pressure index increased from 0.
Purpose: This study evaluated an endovascular technique for occlusion of arteriovenous fistula when performing saphenous vein in situ bypass grafting.
Methods: In 31 limbs femoropopliteal (17) or femorotibial (14) in situ bypass grafting was performed for claudication/aneurysm (4), rest pain (6), or tissue loss (21). A valvulotome was used for valve lysis.