Carotid-cavernous sinus fistulae are rare, but serious, vascular anomalies which may develop following traumatic injury to the skull base. Fractures or the shearing forces of severe head trauma ...

SINGAPORE: Operations will begin at the new Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) Services Centre (ISC) on Apr 7. The ISC, located next to the current ICA building, will operate from Monday to ...

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Actor Saif Ali Khan shared details of a near-fatal attack at his residence, revealing he has 30 scars on his neck and narrowly avoided damage to critical blood vessels. The knife penetrated close ...

Although my bias as a CAS enthusiast makes me believe that CAS will ultimately have a major role in the treatment of patients with carotid stenosis, and although results of CAS will ultimately ...

Supporting this notion, tandem lesions (ie, simultaneous occlusion or stenosis of the extracranial ICA and intracranial vessels) were an independent predictor of poor clinical outcome in patients with ...

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Systemic anomalies were highly variable, both within and between families. CHD (septal defects, valve anomalies and stenosis/anomalous pathway) and hearing loss were commonly observed, seen in 21/65 ...

Carotid sinus hypersensitivity is a condition brought on by rapid changes in blood pressure, potentially causing dizziness or fainting during everyday activities. The condition can sometimes go ...

med.ulaval.ca To be aware of the prevalence, pathophysiology and outcomes of mixed aortic valve disease (MAVD), which refers to combined aortic stenosis and aortic regurgitation. To assess the ...

This article was originally posted Dec. 8, 2014. It has been updated. There are many things in medicine that are merely a matter of preference or style. How to check a patient’s pulse is not one ...