The ACCF/AHA writing committee to create the 2011 Guideline on the Management of
Patients With Extracranial Carotid and Vertebral Artery Disease (ECVD) conducted a …

Tortuous arteries and veins are commonly observed in humans and animals. While mild
tortuosity is asymptomatic, severe tortuosity can lead to ischemic attack in distal organs …

Each section has been revised or rewritten and five new sections added:(i) management of
free floating thrombus (section 4.13),(ii) management of carotid webs (section 4.14),(iii) …

AR Naylor a, J.-B. Ricco a, GJ de Borst a, S. Debus a, J. de Haro a, A. Halliday a, G.
Hamilton a, J. Kakisis a, S. Kakkos a, S. Lepidi a, HS Markus a, DJ McCabe a, J. Roy a, H …

The management of extracranial cerebrovascular disease, including carotid endarterectomy
(CEA), carotid stenting and medical management is performed by several specialists …

Dolichoarteriopathies of the internal carotid artery (DICAs) are not uncommon, and although
several studies have investigated DICAs, several questions regarding the etiology and best …

Dolichoarteriopathies consist of tortuosity, kinking, or coiling of the extracranial carotid
arteries. Some authors consider these alterations a consequence of atherosclerotic vessel …

The stability of arteries under blood pressure load is essential to the maintenance of normal
arterial function and the loss of stability can lead to tortuosity and kinking that are associated …

Eight years after the first edition of the ESVS carotid guidelines, 1 and 5 years after an
interim update, 2 a significantly expanded new version is now available. 3 Headed by Ross …

Tortuous arteries are often associated with aging, hypertension, atherosclerosis, and
degenerative vascular diseases, but the mechanisms are poorly understood. Our recent …