Sentences with phrase «for carotid»

He wasn't dead pale, so I dropped down onto my knees and felt his neck for a carotid pulse.

Modules are designated on the left and the trait relationship is on the bottom (A for ascending aorta, C for carotid artery, and D for descending aorta).

Diminished omega - 3 fatty acids are associated with carotid plaques from neurologically symptomatic patients: Implications for carotid interventions.

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.

How to verify death: Pupils fixed and dilated No heartbeat for 1 minute No carotid pulse for 1 minute No respirations for 1 minute Absent pain reflex

«Our study shows the significant impact of adding carotid plaque measurement using vascular ultrasound and coronary calcium scoring with CT scan to our conventional assessment for cardiovascular disease,» says Roxana Mehran, MD, the study's co-lead author and Director of Interventional Cardiovascular Research and Clinical Trials at the Zena and Michael A. Weiner Cardiovascular Institute at Mount Sinai Heart at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

Novel 3D vascular ultrasound imaging technology allowed researchers to quantify the amount of carotid artery plaque burden lining each patient's carotid arteries in their neck, while a coronary artery calcium score CT scan allowed for the identification of any narrowing or hardening of the coronary arteries due to the buildup of fatty cholesterol and calcified plaque.

For the Wada test, one side of the brain is put to sleep by injecting a medication into the carotid artery, the main artery in the neck.

«I anticipate a large number of follow - up studies searching for causes and the best treatment option for this newly identified morbidity associated with carotid narrowing.»

A potential therapy for Parkinson's disease may lie in an unusual location: the carotid body, a small organ in the neck.

For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that narrowing of the carotid artery in the neck without any symptoms may be linked to problems in learning, memory, thinking and decision - making, compared to people with similar risk factors but no narrowing in the neck artery, according to a study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 66th Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, April 26 to May 3, 2014.

And because carotid - body cells make lots of dopamine, they might be able to make up for the loss of the normal dopamine - producing neurons.

In the study, the carotid narrowing data came from vascular ultrasound tests performed on 307,444 tri-state area residents during 2003 - 2008 by Life Line Screening, a leading community - based health screening company focused on evaluating risk factors for vascular disease.

In addition to alcohol consumption, the most important risk factors for stroke are hypertension, coronary artery disease, cardiac insufficiency, atrial fibrillation, type 2 diabetes, smoking, overweight, asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis and elevated levels of cholesterol.

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

Dr. Berger and his colleagues found that people diagnosed with diabetes but without known heart disease are at a very high risk for developing peripheral vascular disease of the lower extremities or the carotid artery.

In the trial, patients were evaluated at treatment centers between six and 16 hours after incurring strokes originating in either of two large arteries in the brain: the middle cerebral artery or the internal carotid artery, which together account for about 25 percent of all strokes and the majority of severely disabling strokes.

Cardiovascular phenotyping between the ages of 60 and 64 years with carotid intima media thickness (cIMT; a surrogate marker for cardiovascular events) was used to assess the effect of lifetime exposure to adiposity on cardiovascular risk factors.

Leeper's team analyzed samples of arterial plaque from people undergoing surgery for a clogged carotid artery and from organ donors without cardiovascular disease.

When surgeons wrapped Kessel's half - dollar - size electrode around the carotid sinus, for example, they had to dissect around many nerves — a procedure that carried a large risk of nerve damage.

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.

When both the carotid remodeling index and lipid core were used for risk stratification, approximately 16 percent more patients with events and 7 percent without events were correctly reclassified compared with the use of traditional risk factors.

Injecting the TRAIL - expressing stem cells into the carotid artery, a likely strategy for clinical application, led to significantly slower tumor growth and increased survival, compared with animals receiving unaltered stem cells or control injections.

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.

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.

When I was 27 years old, he underwent surgery for blocked carotid arteries in his neck.

For instance, they might show up on an ultrasound of the carotid artery in the neck, says Dr. Yim.

Researchers at Wake Forest University followed 1,000 people for five years, and measured the amount of plaque in their carotid arteries.

My internist specializes in lipids and he requests (almost insists) on carotid scans for all of his patients... 3 years ago, I was a new patient at age 53 and had the test done.

I would expect that some significant differences would be found (in weight, for instance) but I wonder about carotid artery thickness specifically?

On many meds for heart, have carotid stenosis, severe, can not tolerate fibre well...

Researchers found that 3 eggs per week significantly increased arterial plaque formation in carotid arteries, significantly elevating the risk for hypertension, stroke and heart attack (5).

For mild insomnia, or the occasional night when it's hard to drop off to sleep, Dr. John Lee recommended a dab of progesterone cream on the side of the neck where the carotid arteries are located, which he theorized would quickly deliver progesterone to the brain.

After a brief ellipsis in which he has taken her to the hospital, Ann returns in a wheelchair, debilitated by a stroke related to an obstruction in the carotid artery, with one arm paralyzed (a particularly cruel fate for a piano teacher, though the sadness of this fact is never spoken of, only reflective in Riva's eyes).

Additionally the left carotid artery was approached and prepared in case it is needed for the CPB blood return.

Part of my drive to write about my experience was fueled by my desire to raise awareness; one tweet from the hospital was, «Don't stress your carotid arteries if you like your brain and the things it does for you.»

Here's the entry on Stroke Secondary to Carotid Dissection from The New York Times Health Guide and Gina Kolata's article on the importance of prompt diagnosis and treatment for stroke.

One weird issue, which I've noted has popped up for others is a pulse - timed whoosh in my left ear, presumably related to the resumed, but restricted, flow in the damaged left interior carotid artery.

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

Yes you can get approved for life insurance with carotid artery stenosis!

Recent studies suggest that the rate of stroke in patients with [narrowed carotid arteries without symptoms] is lower than the rates found in this trial, according to the highlighted report posted by the American Association for Critical Illness Insurance, the trade group.

«The finding that successful carotid artery surgery can substantially reduce the stroke risk for many years is remarkable, because it means that most of the risk of stroke over the next five years in patients with a narrowed carotid artery is caused by that single carotid lesion.

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Preparing for PVR / segmental pressures of the lower and upper extremities and carotid duplex examination