RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Arteriography of the carotid bifurcation
JF Neurology
JO Neurology
FD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
SP 1201
OP 1201
DO 10.1212/WNL.35.8.1201
VO 35
IS 8
A1 Fisher, Mark
A1 Ahmadi, Jamshid
A1 Zee, Chi-Shing
A1 Terry, Roger
A1 Weiner, John M.
YR 1985
UL http://n.neurology.org/content/35/8/1201.abstract
AB Atherosclerotic plaques may not be demonstrated adequately by standard anteroposterior (AP)-lateral projections of carotid arteriography. We evaluated selective carotid arteriography in oblique projections for 60 individual carotid arteries. Two neuroradiologists evaluated arteriograms in four separate sessions devoted to AP-lateral views alone and in combination with oblique projections. The lumen surface was characterized as “smooth,” “irregular,” or “ulcerated.” When oblique projections were added to AP-lateral views, there was a significant shift of radiologic diagnosis from smooth to irregular or ulcerated. Addition of oblique projections to standard AP-iateral views increases the radio-graphic diagnosis of carotid artery lesions that may be the source of emboli.