The relevance of detecting carotid artery calcification on plain radiograph.

Background And Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the potential value of carotid artery calcification observed on plain radiographs in patients referred for carotid angiogram in the diagnosis of carotid artery stenosis.

Methods: One hundred sixty consecutive patients with suspected carotid artery stenosis underwent both plain radiographs of the carotid arteries and digital subtraction angiography of the same vessels. In addition, 108 of these patients also had duplex ultrasound of the same vascular area.

Fundic gland polyposis occurring with adult celiac disease.

Cystic glandular polyps of the stomach, histologically distinct from hyperplastic and adenomatous polyps, may undergo spontaneous regression. We report their occurrence in a 50-year-old woman with adult celiac disease, an association not previously described. They regressed incompletely when the patient was given a gluten-free diet.

Intravenous digital subtraction angiography by peripheral injection.

We describe a technique for performing intravenous digital subtraction arteriography by peripheral injection and review our experience of 504 studies in 469 patients. The technique gave adequate opacification for anatomical definition of vessels in 93% of patients studied and was suitable for studies of the pulmonary arteries and left ventricle as well as the major systemic arteries. The chief causes of failure were impaired cardiac performance (2.