Interventionalists don’t often order a CXR ahead of time, but when it’s already been done, some find the added info useful.

The patient was an appropriate-for-gestational-age male infant born at 39 weeks to a 19-year-old mother (G3P1102) and unrelated father. Prenatal care was not sought until 32 weeks of gestation.

March 8, 2012 (Vienna, Austria) — The internal carotid artery appears to be the best choice for the arterial input function (AIF) for accurate quantitative measurements with computed tomography (CT) ...

A 47 year-old man developed the abrupt onset of a left hemiparesis. Carotid Artery Dissection: (Left) Right Carotid Angiogram at the level of the carotid bifurcation; (Middle) Right Carotid Angiogram ...

The most common cause of carotid artery narrowing is a buildup of plaque in the arteries due to multiple risk factors such as smoking, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, family history and ...

Laurence C. Baker ( [email protected]) is a professor of health research and policy and CHP/PCOR fellow in the Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University, in California. Christopher ...

A 44 year-old woman developed right neck pain after falling off a bike. Three days later, she developed the abrupt onset of a left hemiparesis. Carotid Artery Dissection: (Left) Right Carotid ...

Carotid artery stenosis or coronary artery disease refers to a narrowing of the carotid arteries, which are the major arteries in the neck that supply the brain with blood from the heart. A common ...