OBJECTIVE. Risk assessment based on plaque vulnerability would be valuable in the
management of asymptomatic carotid stenosis. The purpose of this study was to compare plaque …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of our study was to quantitatively evaluate calcified atherosclerotic
burden in the cervical carotid arteries using MDCT to determine the relationship of scores …

Background and Purpose— Calcification has been associated with carotid plaque stability;
however, an acceptable in vivo method to define plaques based on this component remains …

… After discharge, patient data were abstracted from the fully electronic medical record (CareCast
version 2, IDX Systems, Burlingon, Vt) by a chart reviewer blinded to all research …

We present a case report of a patient on long-term dialysis who underwent percutaneous
vertebroplasty to treat a painful intrabody vertebral cleft and who subsequently experienced a …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Atherosclerotic arterial remodeling has been described in
the coronary circulation but has not been studied extensively for carotid atherosclerosis. The …

Hibernoma is a rare benign soft tissue tumor composed of remnants of fetal brown fat. It has
only rarely been reported in the literature in patients ranging in age from 2 to 75 years. We …

… Yavuzer, HJ Meiselman and OK Baskurt, Nitric oxide generation of endothelial cells exposed
to shear stress in glass tubes perfused with red blood cell suspensions: role of aggregation…

… [39] OK Baskurt, Activated granulocyte induced alterations in red blood cells and protection
… Uyuklu, HJ Meiselman and OK Baskurt, Effect of decreased plasma cholesterol by …

… The encouragement provided by E. Baskurt and F. Meiselman is also recognized and …
Bor-Küçükatay and OK Baskurt, Time course of hemorheological alterations following heavy …