Effect of carotid endarterectomy on primary collateral blood flow in patients with severe carotid artery lesions
Publication year
2003Source
Stroke, 34, 7, (2003), pp. 1650-4ISSN
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Article / Letter to editor
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Neurology
Journal title
Stroke
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vol. 34
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iss. 7
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p. 1650
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p. 4
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Alle HP's en lijnenAbstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: In patients with severe obstruction of the internal carotid artery (ICA), it is recognized that the preoperative failure to visualize collaterals of the circle of Willis increases the risk of hemispheric ischemia before, during, and after carotid endarterectomy (CEA). The purpose of the present study was to assess the effect of CEA on the anatomy and function of the circle of Willis. METHODS: Time-of-flight and phase-contrast MR angiography were used to study changes in vessel diameter and collateral flow of the circle of Willis in 48 patients with 70% to 99% ICA stenosis before and after CEA. RESULTS: In patients with unilateral ICA stenosis, all preoperative vessel diameters on both sides of the circle of Willis were larger than in control subjects. All demonstrated a significant diameter decrease to reach normal values after CEA. Furthermore, preoperative collateral flow patterns normalized after CEA (P=0.03). In patients with stenosis and contralateral ICA occlusion, CEA resulted in a significant increase in the prevalence of collateral flow via the anterior communicating artery (33% to 83%, P<0.01) and a significant increase in diameter of both A1 segments (P<0.05) in patients in whom collateral flow developed after CEA. CONCLUSIONS: CEA reduces the caliber of compensatory collateral channels to normal levels by MR angiography measurements in the presence of severe unilateral stenosis; when the opposite side is occluded and the stenosis is removed ipsilaterally, a greater amount of compensatory collateral circulation can be measured on both the occluded side and the fully opened side.
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