Publications by authors named "Lisa M Jongen"
Article Synopsis
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Background And Purpose: We investigated predictors for acute and persisting periprocedural ischemic brain lesions among patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis randomized to stenting or endarterectomy in the International Carotid Stenting Study.
Methods: We assessed acute lesions on diffusion-weighted imaging 1 to 3 days after treatment in 124 stenting and 107 endarterectomy patients and lesions persisting on fluid-attenuated inversion recovery after 1 month in 86 and 75 patients, respectively.
Results: Stenting patients had more acute (relative risk, 8.
Background: In patients with internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis, the circle of Willis (CoW) is the primary collateral pathway. We compared luminal diameters in the CoW before and after carotid revascularization and compared the effects of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and stenting on these diameters.
Methods: At a single center in the International Carotid Stenting Study, 139 patients with symptomatic ICA stenosis of 50% or more were randomized to stenting (n = 81) or CEA (n = 58).
Background And Purpose: In a substudy of the International Carotid Stenting Study (ICSS), more patients had new ischemic brain lesions on diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) after stenting (CAS) than after endarterectomy (CEA). In the present analysis, we compared characteristics of diffusion-weighted MRI lesions.
Methods: Number, individual and total volumes, and location of new diffusion-weighted MRI lesions were compared in patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis randomized to CAS (n=124) or CEA (n=107) in the ICSS-MRI substudy.
Background: Patients with impaired perfusion in the hemisphere ipsilateral to a stenotic internal carotid artery may have a higher risk of cerebral ischemic complications than those with normal perfusion. We therefore studied whether the occurrence of new ischemic lesions after carotid artery stenting is related to cerebral perfusion.
Methods: In 45 patients with symptomatic carotid artery stenosis, CT perfusion and magnetic resonance diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) were performed before carotid artery stenting; DWI was repeated within 2 days thereafter.
Background: The International Carotid Stenting Study (ICSS) of stenting and endarterectomy for symptomatic carotid stenosis found a higher incidence of stroke within 30 days of stenting compared with endarterectomy. We aimed to compare the rate of ischaemic brain injury detectable on MRI between the two groups.
Methods: Patients with recently symptomatic carotid artery stenosis enrolled in ICSS were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to receive carotid artery stenting or endarterectomy.
Purpose: To examine the prevalence of in-stent lesions 1 month after carotid artery stent placement with multidetector computed tomography (CT) angiography and to evaluate their possible causes and their consequences during 1-year follow-up.
Materials And Methods: Sixty-nine patients with symptomatic carotid artery stenosis underwent multidetector CT angiography of the carotid arteries 1 month after carotid artery stent placement. Patients were followed-up until 1 year after stent placement, when duplex ultrasonography (US) was performed.
Background And Purpose: Smoking and hypertension are important risk factors for atherosclerotic carotid artery disease, but also for intracranial aneurysms. We studied the presence of aneurysms in a series of patients with internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis and performed a systematic review of the literature to assess in patients with ICA stenosis the prevalence of intracranial aneurysms, gender differences in prevalence, and the size of the aneurysms found.
Methods: In a prospectively collected series of patients with symptomatic ICA stenosis >50% on CTA we assessed the proportion with intracranial aneurysms.