Imaging of Carotid Artery Stenosis

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Bernhard Schaller (ed.)

Imaging of Carotid Artery Stenosis

Springer Wien NewYork

Dr. Bernhard J. Schaller (ed.)

Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

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Contents

Introduction . . . . 1

(B. J. Schaller, Stockholm, Sweden)

1. Imaging examination techniques of carotid artery . . . . 5 1.1 The pathology of atherosclerosis . . . . 7

(M. P. Dunphy and H. W. Strauss, New York, USA)

1.2 Correlation of carotid artery pathology and morphology in imaging . . . . 19 (W. S. Kerwin, Seattle, USA)

1.3 Sonographic evaluation in carotid artery stenosis . . . . 35 (B. K. Lal, New Jersey, USA)

1.4 Digital subtraction angiography in carotid artery stenosis . . . . 41 (A. Srinivasan and M. Goyal, Ottawa, Canada)

1.5 Computed tomography imaging in carotid artery stenosis . . . . 49 (M. Berg, R. Canninen and H. Manninen, Kuopio, Finland)

1.6 Intracerebral imaging and carotid artery stenosis . . . . 69 (K.-O. Lövblad, Geneva, Switzerland)

1.7 Positron emission tomography imaging in carotid artery stenosis . . . . 85 (C. P. Derdeyn, St. Louis, USA)

2. Specific pathologic problems in carotid artery imaging . . . 103 2.1 Atherosclerotic plaque characterisation by imaging . . . 105

(S. P. S. Howarth, J. U. King-Im and J. H. Gillard, Cambridge, UK)

2.2 Imaging findings in carotid artery dissection . . . 125 (C. Chaves and G. Lee, Burlington, USA)

2.3 High suited carotid artery stenosis and imaging . . . 147 (B. Butz, Regensburg, Germany)

2.4 Intracranial magnetic resonance and vascular imaging in patients

with extracranial carotid stenosis . . . 177 (A. D. Mackinnon, A. D. Platts and D. J. H. McCabe, London, UK)

3. From imaging to therapy in carotid artery stenosis . . . 207

(K. Bettermann and J. F. Toole, Winston-Salem, USA)

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4. Therapy and carotid artery imaging . . . 223 4.1 Imaging of extracranial to intracranial bypass . . . 225

(H. J. N. Streefkerk, C. A. F. Tulleken, J. Hendrikse and C. J. M. Klijn,

4.2 Imaging after surgical thrombendarterectomy of the carotid artery . . . 239 (H. Katano and K. Yamada, Nagoya, Japan)

4.3 Imaging after carotid stenting . . . 247 (G. M. Biasi, A. Froio and G. Deleo, Milano, Italy)

5. Imaging in carotid artery stenosis: Prospects to the future . . . 261 (B. J. Schaller and M. Buchfelder, Göttingen, Germany)

List of Authors . . . 273