PURPOSE To evaluate stable xenon-enhanced CT cerebral blood flow with balloon test
occlusion as a predictor of stroke risk in internal carotid artery sacrifice. METHODS Abrupt …

We describe a technique to predict preoperatively the safety of permanently occluding an
internal carotid artery. The method was performed by imaging stable xenon cerebral blood …

PURPOSE To describe the technique of using SPECT brain blood flow imaging to identify
patients at risk for having strokes after balloon or surgical ligation of an internal carotid …

A patent internal carotid artery (ICA) is essential in most patients. Management of skull base
lesions often requires translocation, Balloon embolization, or resection of this vessel …

OBJECTIVES:: Occluded internal carotid arteries imply a high risk of ischaemic
complications, but an “occluded” carotid artery is not always totally occluded. Pseudo-and …

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the safety of carotid endarterectomy
(CEA) wtihin 6 weeks after a nondisabling carotid-related ischemic stroke. Endpoints were …

Abstract Treatment of some tumors and aneurysms of the skull base may require internal
carotid artery (ICA) sacrifice. Preoperatively to determine the dependence of the cerebral …

Objectives to analyse four years of CEA with respect to the underlying mechanisms of
perioperative stroke and the role of intraoperative monitoring in the prevention of stroke …

✓ The authors sought to determine risk for stroke in individuals with symptomatic carotid
stenosis or occlusion based upon an assessment of cerebral blood flow (CBF) reserves …

PURPOSE To evaluate the usefulness of provocative testing with hypotensive challenge
during balloon test occlusion of the internal carotid artery before carotid sacrifice and to …