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Spontaneous resolution of carotid stenosis is a phenomenon that has been described in literature in the past. At present it is not routine practise to scan patients prior to carotid endarterectomy surgery within the UK.
A 58 year old female presented to hospital with a history of sudden onset headache and left sided weakness. CT head showed finding...
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... weeks after the initial duplex ultrasound, an MRA of the carotids showed normal appearance of the common carotid, inter- nal and vertebral arteries with no definite stenosis (Fig. 2 ). To verify this finding a repeat duplex ultrasound was performed. This corrob- orated with the MRA scan findings and showed a mixed and dense plaque forming a less than 30% stenosis (Fig. 3a, b). The patient's operation was cancelled. The patient was well 3 months ...Similar publications
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Methods:
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Background:
Carotid endarterectomy is beneficial in symptomatic patients with ≥70% stenosis at the bifurcation of the internal carotid artery. The fact that the duplex ultrasound is widely used, inexpensive and non-invasive for examination of the carotid arteries underlines the importance of high accuracy of this method for grading internal artery...
