Inraoperative and Histological Visualization of Disrupted Vulnerable Plaques following Diagnostic Angiography of Moderate Carotid Stenosis
Figure 2
(a) Peroperative common carotid angiogram (lateral projection) of a 64-year-old asymptomatic patient with a 60% stenosis of the right ICA by NASCET criteria (arrow). (b) Postoperative MR angiography confirmed disappearance of the stenosis. (c) Axial diffusion-weighted MR imaging of the brain immediately after the occurrence of neurologic events following the DSA. Ipsilateral hyperintense lesions are appreciable at the cortical-subcortical junction of right front-parietal lobes. (d) Postoperative diffusion-weighted imaging indicative of no ischemic lesions associated with CEA. Postoperative MR imagings ((b) and (d)) were performed on the next day after CEA.
