The most frequent clinical presentation of chronic Q fever is endocarditis, although infections
of aneurysms and vascular prostheses have also been described. We report seven new …

Background Carotid stenting is less invasive than endarterectomy, but it is unclear whether
it is as safe in patients with symptomatic carotid-artery stenosis. Methods We conducted a …

Background Results from randomised controlled trials have shown a higher short-term risk of
stroke associated with carotid stenting than with carotid endarterectomy for the treatment of …

Purpose: Extracranial internal carotid artery aneurysms (EICAs) can be treated by carotid
ligation or surgical reconstruction. In the consideration of the risk of stroke after internal carotid …

The purpose of this paper was to revisit the old concept of cannabis arteritis first described
in the 1960s and report 10 new cases. Ten male patients, with a median age of 23.7 years …

OBJECTIVES: Aneurysms of the internal carotid artery (ICA) at the base of the skull are
uncommon dangerous lesions whose management remains unclear. The aim of this …

Objectives: In heart transplant recipients with diffuse coronary arteriopathy, we have
previously demonstrated the prevalence of elevated homocysteinemia, also known as an …

From 1980 to 1990, 48 (4.7%) of 1,002 patients underwent elective aortic reconstruction and
simultaneous renal artery reconstruction. Forty-five men and three women (mean age: 66.5 …

We describe a 47-year-old man who successively presented atheromatous coronary artery
disease, cholesterol embolism after angioplasty, periaortitis with presence of c-ANCA, and …

The purpose of this study was to use our newly developed mock circulation loop to determine
the effects of cryopreservation on the common carotid artery (CCA) and the superficial …