COMPUTER MODEL OF ARTERIAL BIO-MECHANICS.EVALUATION OF RUPTURED ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM WALL THROUGH FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR,BUT NOT OXYTOCIN, PRESENCE IN ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUES OF HUMAN COMMON CAROTID

Abdominal aortic aneurysm with congenital ectopic kidney and aberrant renal arteries

Kinking, coiling, and tortuosity of extracranial internal carotid artery: is it the effect of a metaplasia?

INTRODUCTION: Morphological anomalies of the extracranial internal carotid artery (ICA) cause symptomatic cerebrovascular insufficiency in 4-16% of the cases. The aim of the present study is to evaluate macroscopic and microscopic features of a group of extracranial ICA anomalies, specifically kinking, coiling, and tortuosity, eventually affecting the surgical approach. MATERIALS AND METHODS: From January 2003 to December 2005, 10 out of 169 (6%) revascularized patients (pts) were operated upon because of an ICA anomaly. They were all but two symptomatics. Seven pts were treated by ICA transection and end-to-side reimplantation of the ICA at the level of the carotid bulb; three pts were tre…

Atrial natriuretic factor, but not oxytocin, is present in atherosclerotic plaques of human common carotid arteries: an immunohistochemical in vivo study.

Atrial natriuretic factor,but non oxytocin, presence in atherosclerotic plaques of human common carotid arteries