Sentences with phrase «as carotid»

Heart specialists have used the test, known as carotid intima - media thickness, or CIMT, for more than a decade in large research studies to monitor the effects of exercise, diet or medications on the progression of atherosclerosis.

As carotid arteries got cut, the blood started gushing out in volume you have never seen before.

Not exact matches

This involves cutting the animal's trachea and esophagus (the carotid artery and jugular veins are also severed in this operation, as are most arteries and veins leading to and from the brain) with a surgically sharp knife that has been thoroughly checked for nicks beforehand.

Under legislation proposed by Rory Lancman, officers caught using a chokehold — defined as wrapping the hands or arms around someone's neck and compressing their windpipe to restrict the flow of air or squeezing their carotid artery to interrupt the flow of blood — would face misdemeanor charges.

The study shows those apparently healthy individuals identified with increased carotid plaque burden and coronary artery calcium were two to three times more likely to have an adverse event such as an artery blockage, or a piece of plaque becoming loose causing a heart attack or stroke.

* An ultrasound test of the carotid (neck) arteries to measure thickness of the lining of the arteries, as well look for presence of plaque.

By the early 20th century clinicians turned their attention to the role of the blood vessels, inspired in part by observations of strong pulsing of the temporal arteries in migraine patients, as well as patients» descriptions of throbbing pain and the relief they got from compression of the carotid arteries.

Using the patient's own scans in the simulation could greatly assist doctors performing surgery near critical parts such as the optic nerve and carotid artery, where damage could cause permanent debilitation or death.

In one, the carotid arteries were blocked with a suture for one hour, much as a blood clot blocks the flow of blood to the brain in a stroke.

One leading explanation is that their circulatory system acts like a siphon: as blood flows down the jugular vein it creates a pressure differential that pulls fresh blood up the carotid artery.

The researchers found that the rates of subclinical atherosclerosis progression, as measured by changes in common carotid artery intima - media thickness or coronary artery calcium, did not differ significantly between men assigned to the testosterone or placebo groups.

Further studies present an association in women between the stress level and the activation of the vascular endothelial nitric oxide (NO) system, as well as with the carotid intima media thickness, suggesting a close link to stress induced cardiovascular dysfunction in women (99).

However, subgroup analysis revealed that as opposed to male groups, carotid atherosclerosis was more prevalent in newly diagnosed diabetic women than in nondiabetic female controls.

In people with HIV, low vitamin D levels have been linked to thicker carotid arteries as well as a weaker comeback for the immune system after starting antiretroviral therapy.

The so - called choking game is the practice of using hands, fingers or external wrapping materials — such as a belt, tie or noose — to apply strong pressure against the carotid arteries lining either side of the neck.

Cerebrovascular disease includes aneurysms, stroke, vertebral stenosis, carotid stenosis and intracranial stenosis, as well as vascular malformations.

My internist is BIG on the carotid scans and I had mine done last year... clean as a whistle!!

In men, as noted above, DHEA is a 5AR agonist, thus promoting conversion of testosterone to DHT, and has also been shown to exert anti-atherogenic effects; higher serum levels of DHEA - S correlate inversely with carotid artery intima - media thickness, plaque and blood flow volume.94

His doctor as well as other info I've looked up online & in books suggests he will need to live with a blocked carotid as there is no way to remove the plaque since they will not perform surgery (too risky) nor use the super powered drug to remove blockage (I was told they only use this when there is still some blood flow immediately following a stroke).

The carotid arteries of those eating plant - based diets appear healthier than even those just as slim (long - distance endurance athletes who've run an average of 50,000 miles).

I had my first serious accident aged 19 on a bike the same as the one pictured above, a collision with a car that severed my carotid artery.

As the deflated balloon is initially inserted through the carotid artery in the neck, the blades do not touch the arterial walls.

Vital structures in the neck that could be easily injured include blood vessels such as the jugular vein or the carotid artery, numerous nerves, the esophagus, and the trachea or airway.

This Twitter exchange is worth highlighting as a reminder (one of many I've received about less lucky victims of strokes from carotid dissections) of how lucky I am to have deficits as negligible as typing trouble:

Here's the lay of the land, as illustrated for The Times health guide entry on stroke from carotid dissection:

As my typing improves, I still can't get over seeing the damage to the left side of my brain in this MRI image following my carotid dissection and «minor» stroke.

Although the study found the rate of stroke in patients without a carotid endarterectomy to be 1.8 percent a year over a 10 - year period, the rates are thought to be about 1 percent a year, but may be as low as around 0.5 percent a year.