angiogram of the carotid artery

The doppler study and MRI A angiogram showed 100% blockage of left internal carotid artery. The right artery had 30% 40% of block. His colateral blood is normal. he had diabeties and Bp for the past 1 1/2 years. he got blood supply through right arteries.. He never had any health problems before, he doesn't smoke, doesn't drink, he undergone treatment, what is my doubt is, is this lead to any lifethreat. how to prevent it. Does he needs an angiogram every year?

Can you tell from the amount of the blockage in the carotid, how blocked the coronary is? Is the coronary usually blocked more?

I have to agree with Ed on this one. The symptoms he is describing are indusive of heart disease and the angiogram is a better look at the arteries from the inside. With carotid arteries becoming blocked there is more dizziness, visual disturbances and confusion. Like the symptoms of a stroke. Is there any particular reason the doctors are treating this as Lymes Disease?

Hi I am not a medical person but as far as I am aware nuclear testing shows the blood flow through the coronary arteries to the heart muscle, this can detect any narrowings or blockages as well as areas of scar tissue from a heart attack. The carotid artries supply the brain with blood and a carotid artery ultrasound is required to detect narrowing in these arteries. So to answer your question nuclear testing will not show any damage/narrowing/disease in your carotid arteries.

I read that it can affect any arteries in the body with the carotid and renal the most common. Mine was affecting my legs and I am supposed to have another angiogram so they can take care of the right illiac.

A CT scan after auto accident showed 3 aneurysms in my brain the biggest has been coiled it was 10mm x 8mm at the basiler artery. The other 2 were small on the right side of brain and were fixed by a crainiotomy.

A pain in the right side of neck could be due to carotid artery inflammation or clot or thrombosis. This cannot be just treated with injections into the artery. You would need a carotid artery angiogram. Please consult a vascular specialist regarding this if this is suspected and go about it ASAP. The other possibility is that you developed wry neck or torticollis. This happens when a neck muscle goes into spasm. It relieves by itself in about 3 days time.

To me plaque is ....plaque, soft or Calcium Phosphate, but you didn't say what kind of test you had. If it was an ultrasound echo then - at least in my case - they didn't seem too sure about the results. It stated 1% to 35% narrowing of the carotid arteries - so I decided to forget about it. A test result like that isn't worth the paper it is printed on.

Firstly I only know of one Carotid artery on each side of the neck, not two. I would question why he said this. I think basically what has turned events is the fact that the blockage on the left side has been seen as too much of a risk to leave alone. With no blood supplied from the right, if the left blocks then death is imminent. I have found through experience that a Cardiologist will not say he can do something if he cannot.

Hi there. Carotid artery occlusive is a permanent but treatable condition. The most usual method of surgery, carotid endarterectomy aims to remove the plaque from the artery. Balloon angioplasty with the placement of a stent may be advised. If the carotid artery is, 100% blocked then it is unlikely that any thing could clear it since the risk of stroke is too high during or after surgery. Maximum efforts are taken to keep the opposite artery patent.

I was in the hospital recently due to vertigo issues. They ran a CT angiogram with contrast. The only thing listed on the radiology report was “minimal calcified plaque in the internal carotid arteries, no significant stenosis”. Does this mean I have heart disease. Also I read that if I have any plaque in my carotids then I most definitely have it in my coronary arteries and it is probably worse. Is this true?

We were told no surgical intervention at the time of stroke 2 years ago as the artery was 100% blocked. In the last year some of the blockage has been removed but we don't know how. The down side to this is that apparently once the carotid is open, (though mostly blocked with plaque) there is actually a greater risk to him of a second stroke, especially if he is under stress like going under anesthesia for surgery.. We just want him to be able to have surgery and undergo anesthesia safely.

I am a male 60 year old. Went for a free ultrasound of carotid artery and was given the following 1. no stenosis, no plaque, normal antegrade flow , no subclavian steal. 2. ica/caa ratio right .63 ica/caa ratio left .91 3. mild intimal thickening l>r possible cardiac disease process Is this report good for a person of my age? I'm concerned with item 3 - What is your opinion?

If a artery is completely clogged on the right side of neck that supplies blood to the brain, can anything be done for this condition

ve been told an echocardiogram (ultrasound of the heart) is not the proper test for assessing plaque of the coronary arteries. Is your doctor working with you to lower your cholesterol and triglycerides? Has he/she mentioned the need for a more thorough examination of your coronary arteries?

ago our daughter, aged 31, suffered dissections to her left carotid artery and the vertebral arteries at the base of her skull. she had strokes from which she recovered quite well. just over a month ago, she suffered dissection of her right carotid artery and it has a pseudoaneurysm. no stroke this time as she was on a low dose aspirin. surgery or a stent were considered too risky to do. she had 2 blood flow to the brain tests and all appears well. she will be monitored by a neurologist.

The catheter goes into the inside of your leg, near the top, to enter the femoral artery. If this is offtrack I apologist. The area is numbed of course and you are given medication to keep you relaxed. If I'm offtrack, some cardiologists can go through the wrist.

TO HAVE IT RECHECKED FOR 2 YRS. WHAT IS THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT HAVING IT CHECKED. I,M AFRAID OF HAVING A STROKE AND HAVE EXPRESSED THIS TO HIM . MY INSURANCE CO. REFUSES TO PAY IF HE WANT ORDER THE TEST.

Did your doctor say anymore about location and type of annie on the carotid artery? Was it diagnosed via an angiogram? If you know it was not there 2 years ago then getting a second opinion seems like the wise thing to do ;-) You take care and follow up if you don't mind. I am asking medhelp to start a forum specifically for aneurysms, hopefully we will see it soon.

They make an incision in the artery and remove the plaque, usually along with the inner layer of artery tissue. Over time and on anti coagulants, you grow a new artery lining. This procedure is low risk and there is a low risk of stroke during the procedure. The biggest risk is damage to the nerves running alongside the artery, but with techniques today this is rare. If you are considered an non ideal patient for this procedure then Stenting using Angioplasty is the second option.

And it turned out that his assistant scheduled me for the wrong procedure, and I essentially had a CT version of the MRA instead of the whole invasive kind of angiogram with catheters, etc. The neurosurgeon then said that on the CT (with contrast to make it a CTA), it appeared that what I had was an "infundibulum" on the "posterior communicating artery.

My 5 mm annie on the internal carotid has the ophthalmic artery coming out the side of it. The doctor who did my angiogram told me it wasn't treatable through endovascular means like coiling because it would cut off blood to the eye. The surgeon also told me a craniotomy and clipping is riskier than leaving it alone and monitoring it. At my one year follow-up, the CT Angiogram showed no changes.

Finding may be related to chronic ischemic change of the right middle cerebral artery distribution. The presence of significant right carotid artery stenosis may be present. Correlation with duplex carotid ultrsound examination may be helpful. The remainder of the cerebral parenchyma is entirely unremarkable. Area of the brain stem and cervicomedullary junction are within normal limits. Mucosal thickenings are seen at the left maxillary sinus with air fluid level highly suggestive of sinusitis.

Source is Mayo Clinic they recommend if carotid artery stenosis has never caused symptoms, the artery should be repaired if its diameter narrows by 50 percent or more. If the artery is narrowed by more than 50 percent but less than 70 percent, repairing the artery may help prevent future problems. Artery Narrowed Less Than 50 Percent There is no proven benefit from intervention to repair an artery that is narrowed less than 50 percent.

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