Carotid Arteries

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A functional polymorphism in the lymphotoxin-alpha gene is associated with carotid artery wall thickness: the Diabetes Heart Study. 
  • A pressure-mediated nonviral method for efficient arterial gene and oligonucleotide transfer. 
  • A simplified method for monitoring the cytochrome aa3 redox state in bilateral cortical areas of unanesthetized cats. 
  • A spectrum of Doppler waveforms in the carotid and vertebral arteries. 
  • Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging of the mechanical properties of arteries: in vivo and ex vivo results. 
  • Advanced lipoprotein testing does not improve identification of subclinical atherosclerosis in young adults: the Bogalusa Heart Study. 
  • Adventitial endothelial implants reduce matrix metalloproteinase-2 expression and increase luminal diameter in porcine arteriovenous grafts. 
  • An absolute measurement of brain water content using magnetic resonance imaging in two focal cerebral ischemic rat models. 
  • An inflammatory pathway links atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk to neural activity evoked by the cognitive regulation of emotion. 
  • Angiographically defined primary angiitis of the CNS: is it really benign? 
  • Antioxidative, antinitrative, and vasculoprotective effects of a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma agonist in hypercholesterolemia. 
  • Antisense oligodeoxynucleotide inhibition of vascular angiotensin-converting enzyme expression attenuates neointimal formation: evidence for tissue angiotensin-converting enzyme function. 
  • Arterial response to shear stress critically depends on endothelial TRPV4 expression. 
  • Arterial stiffness and cardiovascular events: the Framingham Heart Study. 
  • Association Between Long-Term Blood Pressure Variability and 10-Year Progression in Arterial Stiffness: The Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. 
  • Association between morning blood pressure surge and cardiovascular remodeling in treated elderly hypertensive subjects. 
  • Associations of edge-detected and manual-traced common carotid intima-media thickness measurements with Framingham risk factors: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. 
  • Atherosclerosis imaging: prognostically useful or merely more of what we know? 
  • Beneficial effect of carotid endarterectomy in symptomatic patients with high-grade carotid stenosis. 
  • Brachial plexus neurropathy following carotid endarterectomy: case report. 
  • CT angiography with spiral CT and maximum intensity projection. 
  • Carotid and vertebral artery sacrifice with a combination of Onyx and coils: technical note and case series. 
  • Carotid artery injections in 40- to 99-g Fischer rats: technical note and evaluation of blood flow by various injection techniques. 
  • Carotid endarterectomy and race: do clinical indications and patient preferences account for differences? 
  • Causes of misinterpretation of cross-sectional imaging studies for dissection of the craniocervical arteries. 
  • Centennial dissertation. Honoring Arthur W. Goodspeed, MD and James B. Bullitt, MD. CT and MR imaging and nontraumatic neurologic emergencies. 
  • Cerebrovascular risk factors and cerebral hyperintensities among middle-aged and older adults with major depression. 
  • Cigarette smoke modulates vascular smooth muscle phenotype: implications for carotid and cerebrovascular disease. 
  • Coarctation, aneurysm, carotid agenesis, oh my! Complex arch anatomy requires thoughtful operative planning for safe repair. 
  • Comparison of Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging Derived Carotid Plaque Stiffness With Spatially Registered MRI Determined Composition. 
  • Comparison of intravenous versus intracarotid therapy with 1,3-bis(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea in a rat brain tumor model. 
  • Comparison of various methods for delivering radiolabeled monoclonal antibody to normal rat brain. 
  • Complication rates for carotid endarterectomy. A call to action. 
  • Comprehensive population-averaged arterial input function for dynamic contrast-enhanced vmagnetic resonance imaging of head and neck cancer. 
  • Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography of carotid arteries: utility in routine clinical practice. 
  • Cranial nerve paralysis following carotid endarterectomy. 
  • Critical role for the alpha-1B adrenergic receptor at the sympathetic neuroeffector junction. 
  • Decellularized native and engineered arterial scaffolds for transplantation. 
  • Decellularized tissue-engineered blood vessel as an arterial conduit. 
  • Diagnostic evaluation of the carotid arteries. Health and Public Policy Committee, American College of Physicians. 
  • Distribution and cross-sectional age-related increases of carotid artery intima-media thickness in young adults: the Bogalusa Heart Study. 
  • Dynamic susceptibility contrast MRI with localized arterial input functions. 
  • Early gestation dexamethasone programs enhanced postnatal ovine coronary artery vascular reactivity. 
  • Effect of transient cerebral ischemia on gamma-aminobutyric acidA receptor alpha 1-subunit-immunoreactive interneurons in the gerbil CA1 hippocampus. 
  • Effects of Copper and Cross-Linking on the Extracellular Matrix of Tissue-Engineered Arteries. 
  • Effects of NMDA receptor antagonists and body temperature in the gerbil carotid occlusion model of transient forebrain ischemia. 
  • Effects of copper and cross-linking on the extracellular matrix of tissue-engineered arteries. 
  • Effects of treatment with cyclosporine, FK 506, rapamycin, mycophenolic acid, or deoxyspergualin on vascular muscle proliferation in vitro and in vivo. 
  • Endothelial Bmp4 is induced during arterial remodeling: effects on smooth muscle cell migration and proliferation. 
  • Endothelial denudation and myointimal thickening in the rat carotid artery induced by the passage of bubbles. 
  • Endothelial healing in vein grafts: proliferative burst unimpaired by genetic therapy of neointimal disease. 
  • Endothelial superoxide production is altered in sheep programmed by early gestation dexamethasone exposure. 
  • Endovascular stent therapy for extracranial and intracranial carotid artery dissection: single-center experience. 
  • Enhanced vasorelaxation by overexpression of beta 2-adrenergic receptors in large arteries. 
  • Estimation of the transverse strain tensor in the arterial wall using ivus image registration 
  • Evaluation of a polyepoxy compound fixed biological vascular prosthesis and an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene vascular graft. 
  • Evaluation of biaxial mechanical properties of soft tubes and arteries using sonometry. 
  • Evidence for direct local effect of angiotensin in vascular hypertrophy. In vivo gene transfer of angiotensin converting enzyme. 
  • Fast measurement of blood T1 in the human carotid artery at 3T: Accuracy, precision, and reproducibility. 
  • Feasibility of vitrification as a storage method for tissue-engineered blood vessels. 
  • Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 Is Associated With Carotid Plaque Presence and Area: The Northern Manhattan Study. 
  • Fitting NTCP models to SBRT dose and carotid blowout syndrome data. 
  • Flow restriction of one carotid artery in juvenile rats inhibits growth of arterial diameter. 
  • Focused ultrasound (HIFU) induces localized enhancement of reporter gene expression in rabbit carotid artery. 
  • Gene transfer of endothelial nitric oxide synthase improves relaxation of carotid arteries from diabetic rabbits. 
  • Genome-wide association study on progression of carotid artery intima media thickness over 10 years in a Chinese cohort. 
  • Genome-wide linkage analysis of carotid artery traits in exceptionally long-lived families. 
  • Geographic variation and trends in carotid imaging among medicare beneficiaries, 2001 to 2006. 
  • Glutathione peroxidase-deficient smooth muscle cells cause paracrine activation of normal smooth muscle cells via cyclophilin A. 
  • H19, a developmentally regulated gene, is reexpressed in rat vascular smooth muscle cells after injury. 
  • Harmonic tracking of acoustic radiation force-induced displacements. 
  • Hemodynamic Parameters and Early Intimal Thickening in Branching Blood Vessels. 
  • Hemodynamic parameters and early intimal thickening in branching blood vessels. 
  • Heparin binding EGF is necessary for vasospastic response to endothelin. 
  • How I do it: endarterectomy for carotid web. 
  • How should a patient presenting with unstable angina and a recent stroke be managed? 
  • Human umbilical cord blood endothelial progenitor cells decrease vein graft neointimal hyperplasia in SCID mice. 
  • Hydrops fetalis associated with idiopathic arterial calcification. 
  • Hydrostatic pressure reduces thrombogenicity of polytetrafluoroethylene vascular grafts. 
  • In vivo gene transfer of nitric oxide synthase enhances vasomotor function in carotid arteries from normal and cholesterol-Fed rabbits. 
  • Increased oxygen extraction fraction is associated with prior ischemic events in patients with carotid occlusion. 
  • Increased subclinical atherosclerosis in young adults with metabolic syndrome: the Bogalusa Heart Study. 
  • Indium-111 platelet scintigraphy in cerebrovascular disease. 
  • Individual progression of carotid intima media thickness as a surrogate for vascular risk (PROG-IMT): Rationale and design of a meta-analysis project. 
  • Influence of stent design and use of protection devices on outcome of carotid artery stenting: a pooled analysis of individual patient data. 
  • Inhibition of bladder activity by 5-hydroxytryptamine1 serotonin receptor agonists in cats with chronic spinal cord injury. 
  • Inhibition of rat arterial smooth muscle cell proliferation by heparin. In vivo studies with anticoagulant and nonanticoagulant heparin. 
  • Insights into Arch Vessel Development in the Bovine Aortic Arch. 
  • Interventional treatment of hypertension: a new paradigm. 
  • Intracarotid propofol testing: a comparative study with amobarbital. 
  • Ischemic Stroke and Internal Carotid Artery Web. 
  • Kalirin promotes neointimal hyperplasia by activating Rac in smooth muscle cells. 
  • Lesion detectability in diagnostic ultrasound with short-lag spatial coherence imaging. 
  • Letter by Moris and Avgerinos Regarding Article, "Long-Term Outcome After Carotid Artery Stenting: A Population-Based Matched Cohort Study". 
  • Light sheet fluorescence microscopy as a new method for unbiased three-dimensional analysis of vascular injury. 
  • Long-Term Blood Pressure Variability in Young Adulthood and Coronary Artery Calcium and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Midlife: The CARDIA Study. 
  • MCA flow asymmetry is a marker for cerebrovascular disease. 
  • MR spectroscopy of cholesteryl ester in human atherosclerosis. 
  • Magnetic resonance imaging of blood flow with a phase subtraction technique. In vitro and in vivo validation. 
  • Magnetic resonance imaging with lateralized arterial spin labeling. 
  • Magnetic resonance microscopy of the rat carotid artery at 300 megahertz. 
  • Management of Patients with Asymptomatic and Symptomatic Carotid Artery Disease: Update on Anti-Thrombotic Therapy. 
  • Measurement of biaxial mechanical properties of soft tubes and arteries using piezoelectric elements and sonometry. 
  • Monoclonal antibody and F(ab')2 fragment delivery to tumor in patients with glioma: comparison of intracarotid and intravenous administration. 
  • Nitric oxide-generating hydrogels inhibit neointima formation. 
  • No association of 9p21 with arterial elasticity and retinal microvascular findings. 
  • Novel heparanase-inhibiting antibody reduces neointima formation. 
  • Novel in vitro gene transfer method for study of local modulators in vascular smooth muscle cells. 
  • Occurrence of vascular anomalies in unilateral cerebral hypoplasia. "Cerebral hemiatrophy". 
  • Off-the-shelf, heparinized small diameter vascular graft limits acute thrombogenicity in a porcine model. 
  • Outcomes of carotid-subclavian bypass performed in the setting of thoracic endovascular aortic repair. 
  • Oxidative Stress and Total Antioxidant Status During Internal Carotid Artery Clamping with or without Shunting: An Experimental Pilot Study. 
  • Pharmacokinetics of antisense oligodeoxyribonucleotides (cyclin B1 and CDC 2 kinase) in the vessel wall in vivo: enhanced therapeutic utility for restenosis by HVJ-liposome delivery. 
  • Plasma Pentraxin 3, but not high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, is a useful inflammatory biomarker for predicting cognitive impairment in elderly hypertensive patients. 
  • Postischemic synaptic physiology in area CA1 of the gerbil hippocampus studied in vitro. 
  • Postischemic synaptic physiology of CA1 hippocampal pyramidal cells. 
  • Potential importance of tissue angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition in preventing neointima formation. 
  • Preclinical atherosclerosis covaries with individual differences in reactivity and functional connectivity of the amygdala. 
  • Predictors of carotid intima-media thickness progression in young adults: the Bogalusa Heart Study. 
  • Proceedings from Duke resistant hypertension think tank. 
  • Quantification of intravenous contrast-enhanced Doppler power spectrum in the rabbit carotid artery. 
  • Quantitation of vascular outflow by measurement of impedance. 
  • Race, presenting signs and symptoms, use of carotid artery imaging, and appropriateness of carotid endarterectomy. 
  • Racial variations in the rates of carotid angiography and endarterectomy in patients with stroke and transient ischemic attack. 
  • Rapid decline of GABAA receptor subunit mRNA expression in hippocampus following transient cerebral ischemia in the gerbil. 
  • Real-time rectilinear volumetric imaging using a periodic array. 
  • Real-time rectilinear volumetric imaging. 
  • Recurrent transient ischemic attacks and stroke in association with an internal carotid artery web. 
  • Reduction of echo decorrelation via complex principal component filtering. 
  • Regional differences in hypertensive cardiovascular remodeling between fishing and farming communities in Japan. 
  • Relationship between carotid artery stiffness and retinal arteriolar narrowing in healthy middle-aged persons. 
  • Retinal vascular caliber and extracranial carotid disease in patients with acute ischemic stroke: the Multi-Centre Retinal Stroke (MCRS) study. 
  • Role for Nox1 NADPH oxidase in atherosclerosis. 
  • Screening for asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis: caveat emptor. 
  • Secondary analysis of APPLE study suggests atorvastatin may reduce atherosclerosis progression in pubertal lupus patients with higher C reactive protein. 
  • Segment-specific association between plasma homocysteine level and carotid artery intima-media thickness in the Framingham Offspring Study. 
  • Separation of the arterial wall from blood contact using hydrogel barriers reduces intimal thickening after balloon injury in the rat: the roles of medial and luminal factors in arterial healing. 
  • Simultaneous identification of elastic properties, thickness, and diameter of arteries excited with ultrasound radiation force. 
  • Single intraluminal delivery of antisense cdc2 kinase and proliferating-cell nuclear antigen oligonucleotides results in chronic inhibition of neointimal hyperplasia. 
  • Sixty-four-section multidetector CT angiography of carotid arteries: a systematic analysis of image quality and artifacts. 
  • Sodium depresses arterial baroreceptor reflex function in normotensive humans. 
  • Stenting for Acute Carotid Artery Dissection. 
  • Subclinical atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and early age-related macular degeneration in a multiracial cohort: the Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. 
  • Targeting Gbeta gamma signaling in arterial vascular smooth muscle proliferation: a novel strategy to limit restenosis. 
  • Technical modification in the intracarotid chemotherapy and osmotic blood-brain barrier disruption procedure to prevent the relapse of carboplatin-induced orbital pseudotumor. 
  • The Actin-Binding Protein Drebrin Inhibits Neointimal Hyperplasia. 
  • The angiotensin II type 2 (AT2) receptor antagonizes the growth effects of the AT1 receptor: gain-of-function study using gene transfer. 
  • The association of atherosclerosis, vascular risk factors, and retinopathy in adults with diabetes : the atherosclerosis risk in communities study. 
  • The effect of indapamide versus hydrochlorothiazide on ventricular and arterial function in patients with hypertension and diabetes: results of a randomized trial. 
  • The impact of coronary artery disease on carotid endarterectomy. 
  • The rational clinical examination. Does this patient have a clinically important carotid bruit? 
  • The relationship between aortic stiffness and changes in retinal microvessels among Asian ischemic stroke patients. 
  • The value of carotid endarterectomy in treating transient cerebral ischemia of the posterior circulation. 
  • Three-dimensional computed tomographic cranial base measurements for improvement of surgical approaches to the petrous carotid artery and apex regions. 
  • Transcatheter aortic valve implantation via right carotid artery route for severe aortic regurgitation management in a patient with chronic operated type A aortic dissection. 
  • Transient ischemic attacks in a man with coronary artery disease: two strategies neck and neck. 
  • Treatment of hostile midline back wounds: an extreme approach. 
  • US national survey of physician practices for the secondary and tertiary prevention of ischemic stroke. Design, service availability, and common practices. 
  • Use of computer simulation for determining endovascular skill levels in a carotid stenting model. 
  • Usefulness of carotid intima-media thickness measurement as an indicator of generalized atherosclerosis: findings from autopsy analysis. 
  • Usefulness of material recovered from distal embolic protection devices after carotid angioplasty: too little, too late? 
  • Variability of arterial wall shear stress, its dependence on vessel diameter and implications for Murray's Law 
  • Vascular Depression: Is an Old Research Construct Finally Ready for Clinical Prime Time? 
  • Vitreous hemorrhage after intracranial hemorrhage. 
  • When and how to study the carotid arteries. 
  • Work in progress: hybrid temporal-energy subtraction in digital fluoroscopy. 
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  • Curtis, Lesley H., Professor in Population Health Sciences, Medicine, General Internal Medicine