Abstract
An increasing number of patients with symptomatic carotid artery occlusion are being referred for extracranial to intracranial bypass grafts. After careful clinical and angiographic assessment, a number of these patients have been treated with a direct approach to the carotid arteries in the neck or with anticoagulation rather than with a bypass graft. These patients may be categorized diagnostically under the following heading: 1) complete occlusion of the internal carotid artery (ICA) with intracranial patency; 2) spontaneous dissection of the ICA: 3) atheromatous pseudo-occlusion; 4) carotid artery occlusion with stenosis of the contralateral ICA; 5) occlusion of the ICA and stenosis of the external carotid artery; and 6) thrombus in the intracranial segment of an occluded ICA. Each of these categories is discussed briefly, and illustrative cases are presented.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 790-796 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Journal of neurosurgery |
Volume | 54 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 1981 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery
- Clinical Neurology