Comparison of multidetector-row computed tomography and duplex Doppler ultrasonography in detecting atherosclerotic carotid plaques complicated with intraplaque hemorrhage.

This study compared sensitivity and specificity of multidetector-row computed tomography and duplex Doppler ultrasonography in detecting atherosclerotic carotid plaques complicated with intraplaque hemorrhage. Carotid plaques from 50 patients operated for carotid artery stenosis were analyzed. Carotid endarterectomy was performed within one week of diagnostic evaluation.

Effect of carotid sinus nerve blockade on hemodynamic stability during carotid endarterectomy under local anesthesia.

Objective: To find out whether routine carotid sinus nerve blockade with lidocaine during carotid endarterectomy under local anesthesia results in perioperative changes in blood pressure and heart rate.

Methods: This was a prospective, randomized, single-center study, conducted in a university hospital. A total of 120 patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy under local anesthesia were randomly assigned to three equal groups.

Pseudoaneurysm of the popliteal artery in a patient with multiple hereditary exostoses.

We present an interesting case of a 14-year-old girl with multiple hereditary exostoses. She presented with a few days history of a pulsative mass in the distal third of the right upper thigh. Leg radiography showed multiple exostoses of distal femur, proximal tibia, and fibula.

Multidetector-row computed tomography in evaluation of atherosclerotic carotid plaques complicated with intraplaque hemorrhage.

Our aim was to determine the sensitivity and specificity of multidetector-row computed tomography (CT) in detecting atherosclerotic carotid plaques complicated with intraplaque hemorrhage. We examined carotid plaques from 31 patients operated for carotid artery stenosis. Results of preoperative multidetector-row CT analysis of carotid plaques were compared with results of histological analysis of the same plaque areas.

[Diagnostic results of the carotid artery duplex ultrasonography performed in the private offices in Zagreb].

The purpose of the investigation was to evaluate the diagnostic value of duplex ultrasonography (DU) of the cerebral arteries in the patients with cerebrovascular insufficiency performed in private offices in Zagreb town. The investigation was performed for all patients referred to digital subtraction angiography (DSA) after DU examination performed in one of private offices (in total, 12 offices) during the period of three years. During mentioned period 127 patients were examined (100 male, 67 female, age 28-79 y, mean 62 y) according to DU exams performed in private offices.

[Role of 0.5 T magnetic resonance and duplex ultrasonography in the imaging of stenotic and oblitertive changes in the carotid arteries].

The aim of the study was to determine diagnostic value of magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) of the carotid artery, performed with less expensive machine of 0.5 T, and value of duplex ultrasonography (DU) in the same patients. Diagnostic values of MRA and DU were examined by comparison with the results of digital subtraction angiography (DSA) or with the operative finding.