Evaluation of the self-expanding effect of carotid stents in the early postoperative period.

Purpose: To evaluate the expansion effect of self-expandable stents during the first week after carotid artery stenting (CAS) procedure and to examine the variation of the effect according to the carotid plaque type.

Methods: Seventy stenotic carotid arteries of 69 patients were stented by using self-expanding Wallstents with diameters of 7 and 9 mm, after detection of stenosis and plaque type by Doppler ultrasonography. Post-stent aggressive ballooning was avoided and residual stenosis rates were measured with digital subtraction angiography.

The relationship between ultrasonographic plaque morphology and histopathology of embolic material captured in the protective filter during carotid artery stenting.

Purpose: We aimed to correlate the presence or absence of embolic debris in filter-type embolic protection devices (EPD), which are frequently used during carotid artery stenting (CAS), with possible risk factors and ultrasonographic plaque features.

Materials And Methods: Eighty patients, who underwent CAS using a filter-type EPD in the period between July 2016 and March 2019, were included in our study. The modified Gray-Weale classification (mGWC) subtypes obtained in the pre-procedural ultrasonographic examinations were recorded.

Silent brain infarcts and white matter lesions in patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis.

The association of carotid atherosclerosis with silent brain infarcts (SBIs) and white matter lesions (WMLs) currently remains unknown. This study aims to compare SBIs, deep white matter lesions (DWMLs), and periventricular white matter lesions (PWMLs) in ipsilateral and contralateral hemispheres to internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis, and investigate their association with stenosis grade in patients with asymptomatic ≥ 50% unilateral extracranial ICA stenosis. Patients without previous history of stroke and/or transient ischemic attack who had ≥ 50% stenosis in unilateral ICA on carotid color Doppler ultrasound were enrolled in the study.

Value of duplex Doppler ultrasonography for the evaluation of dysfunctional hemodialysis access arteriovenous fistulas prior to endovascular interventions.

Purpose: To demonstrate accuracy of duplex Doppler ultrasonography (DUS) for the evaluation of native-vein arteriovenous fistula (AVF) dysfunction in end-stage renal disease patients.

Methods: This retrospective study included 60 patients with dysfunctioning native-vein AVF evaluated with DUS and digital subtraction angiography (DSA) whose results were compared for detection, identification, and localization of AVF lesions. We calculated sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV) and accuracy of DUS and evaluated the agreement between DUS and DSA by the Cohen's kappa coefficient (κ).

Posttraumatic High-Flow Nonischemic Priapism.

Priapism is an uncommon disorder, and nonischemic priapism is seen less frequently in children, generally after trauma. Although it seems to be an advantage that urgent intervention is not required because of no cavernous ischemia, it is likely to be misdiagnosed because of the asymptomatic potential. We aimed to present a case of posttraumatic nonischemic priapism.

Renal cell carcinoma presenting with heart metastasis without inferior vena caval and right atrial involvement.

Heart metastasis of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) without vena cava inferior involvement is exceptionally rare. Here, we presented a case of RCC presenting with the right ventricle metastasis without inferior vena caval and right atrial involvement.

Diabetic polyneuropathy, deep white matter lesions, and carotid atherosclerosis: is there any association?

The morphologic and functional damages of diabetes mellitus (DM) on microcirculation can play a role in the pathogenesis of both polyneuropathy and cerebral white matter lesions. The aim of this study is to investigate the relation between polyneuropathy and cerebral deep white matter lesions (DWMLs) and carotid atherosclerosis in patients with type 2 DM. Sixty-six patients with type 2 DM without any disorder that may cause polyneuropathy, and vascular risk factors except for DM and hyperlipidemia were included in the study.

Evaluation of popliteal artery branching patterns and a new subclassification of the 'usual' branching pattern.

Purpose: To determine the frequency of popliteal artery branching variations in a wide study cohort and to investigate the relationship between these variations and infrapopliteal peripheral arterial disease (PAD). A subclassification was proposed for the most encountered type I-A, utilizing tibio-fibular trunk (TFT) length.

Methods: A total number of 1184 lower extremity digital subtraction angiography (DSA) studies of 669 patients were evaluated.

The Effect of Hyperhomocysteinemia on Motor Symptoms, Cognitive Status, and Vascular Risk in Patients with Parkinson's Disease.

Factors related with hyperhomocysteinemia (HHcy) and the impact of HHcy in Parkinson's disease (PD) are not well understood. We investigated the factors associated with increased levels of homocysteine (Hcy) and the relationship between HHcy and motor symptoms, cognitive status, and vascular risk in patients with Parkinson's disease. Among 60 patients (29 males, 48.

Multiple liver masses in a patient with breast cancer, metastasis or not? An unexpected diagnosis: hepatic fascioliasis. A case report and overview of the literature from Turkey.

A patient who underwent mastectomy of the left breast owing to breast cancer was referred to our department for abdominal ultrasonography during her routine check-up. Radiological examinations demonstrated multiple masses that tended to form clusters in the liver parenchyma, and the lesions were initially thought to represent metastases from the breast cancer. Multisite biopsies and serological tests confirmed the diagnosis of infestation.

Superselective arterial embolization of pseudoaneurysm and arteriovenous fistula caused by transurethral resection of the prostate.

Background: Pelvic vascular lesions such as pseudoaneurysms and arteriovenous fistulas associated with the internal pudendal artery are uncommon. The most common cause is traumas including those of iatrogenic origin. Surgical treatment is complicated due to location of the lesions and endovascular approach is usually the first choice among the treatment options.

[Subclavian steal-carotid recovery phenomenon due to innominate artery occlusion: Doppler ultrasound and digital subtraction angiography findings and endovascular treatment].

Innominate artery occlusion is a rare condition that can cause symptoms in the anterior cerebral circulation, vertebrobasilar system and upper extremity, while it can also be asymptomatic. We report the Doppler ultrasound and digital subtraction angiography (DSA) findings of the right subclavian artery and right common carotid artery flow by retrograde flow from the ipsilateral vertebral artery due to innominate artery occlusion. We aimed to discuss the results of primary stenting together with the technical and clinical success.

Correlation between the intima-media thickness and Framingham risk score in patients with sleep apnea syndrome.

Background: In the present study, we want to demonstrate the correlation between obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) whose independent effect on carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) was demonstrated, with Framingham risk score (FRS) showing the overall cardiovascular risk.

Methods: IMT of the carotid artery was measured with ultrasonography and 10-year risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) was defined with FRS in 90 consecutive patients referred to our sleep clinic and who underwent polysomnography (PSG), with vascular risk factors and without a clinical atherosclerotic disease.

Results: IMT and FRS were found to be statistically significantly increased in the severe OSAS group compared to the other two groups.

Fatty degeneration of multifidus muscle in patients with chronic low back pain and in asymptomatic volunteers: quantification with chemical shift magnetic resonance imaging.

Objective: To evaluate and compare the fatty degeneration of multifidus muscles by chemical shift magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients with chronic low back pain and in asymptomatic volunteers.

Materials And Methods: Sixty-five patients with lumbar disc pathology were selected prospectively for this study. The control group consisted of 25 asymptomatic volunteers.

The value of C-reactive protein in symptomatic versus asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis.

Inflammatory markers may help establish the diagnosis of carotid atherosclerotic disease and predict the progression and outcomes. We evaluated inflammatory markers in symptomatic and asymptomatic patients with moderate to severe carotid artery stenosis, including high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), leukocyte count, leukocyte subgroups and erythrocyte sedimentation rate. There were 32 symptomatic and 16 asymptomatic patients (age ≥50 years) with moderate to severe carotid stenosis detected by color Doppler ultrasonography, and 22 individuals without atherosclerotic findings on Doppler ultrasonography.

Sonographic findings in a case of polyneuropathy associated with POEMS syndrome.

Polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M protein and skin changes (POEMS) syndrome is a rare multi-system disease. We describe the ultrasonography (US) and color Doppler ultrasonography (CDUS) findings of peripheral neuropathy in a patient with POEMS syndrome. In US examination, peripheral nerves were found to be diffusely thickned in both upper limbs.

Carotid blowout syndrome with oronasal hemorrhage: magnetic resonance imaging findings.

Carotid blowout syndrome (CBS) is a rare but well-known complication of aggressive radiotherapy management of head and neck cancer. Reports on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of CBS are limited in the relevant literature, probably because of the angiography priority of this complication. We describe MRI findings in a patient with nasopharyngeal carcinoma complicated with CBS.

Continuous-type splenogonadal fusion associated with an ipsilateral testicular atrophy: sonographic findings.

Splenogonadal fusion is a rare congenital anomaly in which the spleen is abnormally connected to the gonad. Two types of splenogonadal fusion have been described: continuous and discontinuous. Splenogonadal fusion is frequently associated with cryptorchidism and/or congenital orofacial/limb anomalies.

Trumpet maneuver in the sonographic diagnosis of an external laryngocele.

Laryngocele is an uncommon disease defined as an abnormal dilatation or herniation of the laryngeal saccule, forming an air-filled cavity. Radiologic evaluation of a suspected laryngocele generally includes plain radiographs, CT, and MRI. There are very few reports in the literature on sonographic findings of laryngocele.

Post-surgical high-flow priapism treated by embolization.

Perineal and penile traumas are the commonest cause of high-flow priapism. The clinical symptom of this disease is generally a prolonged, painless, and semirigid penile erection without any other urogenital symptoms. In contrast, high-flow priapism is a quite uncommon condition after transurethral surgery and it may be presented with an unusual clinical manifestation.

Doppler ultrasonography findings in ocular Behçet's disease.

The aim of this prospective study was to determine and compare the orbital Doppler ultrasonography parameters of patients with Behçet's disease (with or without ocular involvement) with those of healthy subjects. We evaluated ophthalmic artery (OA), central retinal artery, posterior ciliary artery (PCA), central retinal vein, and superior ophthalmic vein (SOV) flow velocities and resistance indices (RIs). Detection of the decreased flow velocities in the OA and SOV and the increased RI in the OA and PCA might allow the identification of active period of patients with Behçet's disease.

Comparative analysis of the effects of brimonidine and dorzolamide on ocular blood flow velocity in patients with newly diagnosed primary open-angle glaucoma.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of brimonidine 0.2% and dorzolamide 2% on the ocular blood flow velocity in patients with newly diagnosed primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). Forty-four (44) patients with newly diagnosed POAG were included in a prospective, comparative, randomized clinical study.