Asymptomatic severe carotid stenosis undergoing staged carotid artery stent and coronary artery bypass grafting: decisive role of brain single photon emission computed tomography

Effort angina of a 70-year-old man was diagnosed as due to triple coronary vessel disease, and he was scheduled to undergo coronary artery bypass surgery. Preoperative carotid duplex scan revealed more than 75% stenosis of the right internal carotid artery, which was functionally proven to be significantly ischemic on brain single photon emission computed tomography. Although he was neurologically asymptomatic, we chose staged surgery for fear of stroke during coronary artery bypass surgery. He had successful carotid artery stenting first by neurosurgeons; then, 2 months later he underwent uneventful coronary artery bypass surgery. This experience prompted us to report the case.     

Carotid artery angioplasty with stenting and postprocedure hypotension

INTRODUCTION: Although carotid endarterectomy (CEA) has become established as the preferred approach to the management of critical carotid stenosis, carotid angioplasty with stenting (CAS) has arisen as a competitive modality. We report here a nonindustry-supported experience using CAS in a nonselected patient population suffering from critical carotid stenosis. METHODS: All patients suffering from carotid stenosis (>50% symptomatic or >80% asymptomatic) were offered CAS or CEA. The first 36 patients who underwent attempted CAS over this last year are reported here. CAS was performed with the SMART PRECISE (Cordis, Inc, Miami Lakes, FL) or ACCULINK (Guidant, Inc, St Paul, MN) stents. All procedures were performed with cerebral protection. RESULTS: The planned procedure success rate was 97%, and the major adverse event (MAE) rate was 3.0% in 35 patients who underwent successful CAS. This included a minor stroke and a subendocardial myocardial infarction in the same individual. Both events were attributed to sustained postprocedure hypotension. The most frequent intraprocedure complications observed were bradycardia and hypotension. Persistent postprocedure hypotension requiring vasopressor support complicated 23% of cases. The average duration of vasopressor support in this group was 21 hours. CONCLUSION: CAS can be accomplished with an MAE comparable to CEA and will likely become the dominant alternative to CEA for the management of carotid stenosis. Management of periprocedural cardiovascular instability represents one of the most important elements in the safe conduct of CAS.     

颈动脉外翻内膜剥脱术治疗颈动脉硬化狭窄

目的观察颈动脉外翻内膜剥脱术治疗颈动脉狭窄的疗效。方法24例颈动脉硬化狭窄患者,其中18例有慢性或一过性脑缺血症状,6例无症状;术前均行彩色超声、数字减影动脉造影(DSA)或CT和MRA扫描检查,颈动脉狭窄程度65％～95％;在颈丛麻醉下行颈动脉外翻内膜剥脱术,手术要点是于颈动脉分叉处斜形切断颈内动脉,外翻颈内动脉剥除有粥样斑块的内膜,同时从颈总动脉切口剥除颈总动脉和颈外动脉增厚的内膜。结果全组无手术死亡,术后随访3～20个月,临床症状均有不同程度改善,一过性脑缺血症状消失,4例仍有轻度慢性脑缺血症状。术后行脑部多普勒超声检查,22例脑部供血有明显改善。结论颈动脉外翻内膜剥脱术是一种安全、有效和合理的手术方式。     

Left ventricular systolic and diastolic function and carotid intima-media thickness in pediatric dialysis patients

Background  Cardiovascular complications are common in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). We aimed to investigate left ventricular (LV) function and carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) in children and adolescents with ESRD. Methods  This study included 38 ESRD patients (15 hemodialysis and 23 peritoneal dialysis) and 17 age- and sex-matched healthy subjects. Results  The ESRD patients had significantly lower mean mitral E/A ratio, and higher left ventricular mass index (LVMI) and cIMT than the control group. Compared with PD patients, HD patients had worse LV diastolic function. In stepwise linear regression analysis, LVMI (P = 0.043) and hemoglobin (P = 0.015) turned out to be independent variables for predicting diastolic dysfunction (reduced E/A ratio), and the only significant predictor of cIMT was indexed diastolic blood pressure (DBP) (P = 0.035). Conclusion  Cardiovascular structure and function abnormalities are also common in pediatric dialysis patients, as in adults. Furthermore our data indicated that hemodialysis was disadvantageous for preserving LV diastolic function as compared with peritoneal dialysis.     

维持性血液透析患者颈动脉钙化相关因素分析

目的：探讨慢性肾衰竭维持性血液透析（MHD）患者颈动脉钙化情况并分析相关因素。方法：对35例MHD患者应用彩色B型超声仪观测双侧颈动脉内膜-中膜厚度（IMT）及钙化情况,同时记录透析龄、收缩压、脉压差,抽血检测血钙、磷、血胆固醇、三酰甘油、白蛋白、C反应蛋白（CRP）、甲状旁腺素,并计算钙磷乘积。结果：35例终末期肾病（ESRD）患者18例（51.4%）存在颈动脉钙化。钙化组IMT值较无钙化组显著增高（P〈0.01）,透析龄、收缩压、脉压差、血磷、钙磷乘积、CRP较无钙化组明显增高（P〈0.05）,而钙化组血浆白蛋白较无钙化组显著降低（P〈0.05）。结论：IMT值、透析龄、血磷、钙磷乘积增高是颈动脉钙化的主要影响因素,收缩压、脉压差、CRP升高和低血浆白蛋白与颈动脉钙化密切相关。MHD患者存在较高的颈动脉钙化率。     

双侧颈动脉粥样硬化性狭窄的处理策略

目的:探讨双侧颈动脉粥样硬化性狭窄患者的手术适应证、时机和策略.方法:1987年2月至2007年12月共收治74例双侧颈动脉粥样硬化性狭窄患者,其中34例患者症状限于一侧,均施行了一侧颈动脉内膜切除(CEA),其中8例对侧因狭窄>70%或粥样硬化斑块不稳定而行CEA或支架成形(CAS).38例双侧均有症状,15例双侧先后施行CEA;3例一侧行CEA,对侧行CAS;20例仅行单侧CEA.另外2例双侧无症状,均因狭窄>70%而行单侧CEA,其中1例还行对侧CAS.结果:本组74例患者共行93侧CEA,68例术后顺利,2例神经功能障碍加重,2例出现心肌缺血,1例脑出血,1例声音嘶哑.67例患者平均随访4.9年,63例无与术侧颈动脉相关的脑缺血事件发生.结论:颈动脉粥样硬化性狭窄患者只要指征明确,无论对侧颈动脉正常、狭窄甚至闭塞,均应施行CEA.双侧狭窄患者的治疗时机和策略因人而异.CEA术中主要依据电生理监测结果决定是否采用转流.     

新诊断2型糖尿病患者颈动脉粥样硬化发生率及相关危险因素分析

目的探讨新诊断2型糖尿病患者颈动脉粥样硬化的患病情况以及相关危险因素分析。方法选取新诊断的2型糖尿病患者321例,根据有无颈动脉粥样硬化分为颈动脉正常组（118例）和颈动脉粥样硬化组（203例）。测量身高、体重、血压,检测糖脂代谢指标以及胰岛功能,颈动脉B超测定颈动脉粥样硬化斑块。结果①新诊断的2型糖尿病患者中,合并有颈动脉粥样硬化的患者占63%,其发病平均年龄为（53.99±10.87）岁,男性患者占72.4%,女性占27.6%;合并超重/肥胖患者占59.6%,高血压患者占33.2%,脂肪肝患者占78.6%。②与无颈动脉粥样硬化的患者相比,合并颈动脉粥样硬化的新诊断T2DM患者的年龄较大,合并高血压的比例较高,收缩压、低密度脂蛋白水平以及胰岛素抵抗指数较高,差异有显著性（P〈0.05）;而两组间的BMI、DBP、FPG、PPG、FINS、PINS、HBA1C、TG、TC、HDL-C、HOMA-β无明显差异（P〉0.05）。③按糖化血红蛋白水平分层后没有发现糖化血红蛋白与颈动脉粥样硬化的相关性（P〉0.05）。④logistic分析,校正年龄、性别后,结果显示SBP是影响新诊断2型糖尿病患者颈动脉粥样硬化的独立危险因素。结论新诊断的2型糖尿病患者中大部分已存在颈动脉粥样硬化,早期发现和干预颈动脉病变将延缓动脉粥样硬化的进程,从而有利于改善糖尿病患者的预后。     

Arterial spasm as a finding intimately associated with the onset of vascular headache

Summary A patient with migraine headaches of the cluster variant type is presented in whom vasospasm of the middle cerebral artery, the anterior cerebral artery and the internal carotid artery triggered a pain episode identical in character and severity to the headaches which had led to her investigation. Vasospasm associated with the painful phase of headache in this case conflicts with the more accepted theory that the pain phase of a vascular headache is related to vasodilatation of cerebral or extracerebral vessels. The literature is reviewed.     

颈动脉结构功能改变与脑梗死的关系

目的:研究颈动脉结构、功能的改变与脑梗死的关系。方法:选择脑梗死患者56例及正常人50例,测量颈动脉内-中膜(IMT)厚度、颈总动脉舒张期和收缩期的内径,并计算反映颈动脉功能的颈动脉扩张性和僵硬度指数。结果:脑梗死患者比健康老年人斑块数目及低回声斑块检出率增加,平均IMT增厚(P<0.05),收缩期内径和舒张期内径增大(P<0.05)。脑梗死患者动脉扩张性明显降低于对照组(P<0.001),僵硬度指数明显增加(P<0.001)。结论:IMT厚度、颈动脉斑块可反映颈动脉结构与功能的改变,颈动脉僵硬度增加和扩张性降低可能是脑卒中早期的预报因子。     

Comparison of nonneurological events in high-risk patients treated by carotid angioplasty versus endarterectomy

OBJECTIVE: To compare results of carotid angioplasty and stenting (CAS) with carotid endarterectomy (CEA) in high cardiac risk patients. METHODS: Patients ineligible for carotid revascularization by North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial/Asymptomatic Carotid Atherosclerosis Study criteria were treated with CAS (n = 11) or CEA (n = 10). RESULTS: Significant numbers had cardiac (CAS 72%, CEA 60%; P = 0.66) and hypertensive (CAS 82%, CEA 80%; P = 0.64) risk factors. Adverse hemodynamic events were more frequent in the CAS group (CAS 73%, CEA 20%; P = 0.03). Major complications were noted in 1 patient in each group (CAS, myocardial infarction; CEA, death). Postoperative stay was similar (CAS 2.1 +/- 1.4, CEA 1.8 +/- 1.1 days; P = 0.60). However, 4 in the CAS group were readmitted within 1 month (congestive heart failure 2, myocardial infarction 1, rest pain 1), compared with no new events in the CEA group (P = 0.09). CONCLUSIONS: Currently, the use of CAS in patients with cardiac risk factors may not be justifiable.