Ultrasound assessed carotid atherosclerosis in a general population : the Tromsø study
As a neurologist with a special interest in cerebrovascular diseases, and with several years of practice with ultrasound examinations of extra- and intracranial arteries, I have some times experienced patients in whom ultrasound revealed unexpected findings which surprised mc, and made me wonder abo...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/25997 2023-05-15T18:34:21+02:00 Ultrasound assessed carotid atherosclerosis in a general population : the Tromsø study Joakimsen, Oddmund 2000 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/25997 eng eng Universitetet i Tromsø University of Tromsø ISM skriftserie Nr. 52, 2000 990008739004702201 0801-017x https://hdl.handle.net/10037/25997 openAccess Copyright 2000 The Author(s) Carotid Artery Diseases Norway Doctoral thesis Doktorgradsavhandling 2000 ftunivtroemsoe 2022-08-10T22:59:59Z As a neurologist with a special interest in cerebrovascular diseases, and with several years of practice with ultrasound examinations of extra- and intracranial arteries, I have some times experienced patients in whom ultrasound revealed unexpected findings which surprised mc, and made me wonder about etiological relationships and clinical implications. Thus, ultrasound examinations of the carotid arteries in some very old people showed smooth vessels without visible atherosclerosis, whereas in some young people with low cardiovascular risk factor levels, I found pronounced atherosclerosis with stenotic or occluded carotid arteries. Similarly, I have wondered why many patients with high-degree carotid stenosis did not suffer from ipsilateral ischemic cerebral stroke, whereas others who had a lower degree of stenosis experienced cerebral embolic events and had carotid endarterectomy. Was one of the causes that atherosclerosis might be a condition differing also in terms of pathogenicity? Such unexpected and intriguing findings evoked my curiosity for a more scientific approach to carotid atherosclerosis. The opportunity arose when I was invited to participate in the fourth survey of the Tromsø Study. Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis Tromsø University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Norway Tromsø |
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As a neurologist with a special interest in cerebrovascular diseases, and with several years of practice with ultrasound examinations of extra- and intracranial arteries, I have some times experienced patients in whom ultrasound revealed unexpected findings which surprised mc, and made me wonder about etiological relationships and clinical implications. Thus, ultrasound examinations of the carotid arteries in some very old people showed smooth vessels without visible atherosclerosis, whereas in some young people with low cardiovascular risk factor levels, I found pronounced atherosclerosis with stenotic or occluded carotid arteries. Similarly, I have wondered why many patients with high-degree carotid stenosis did not suffer from ipsilateral ischemic cerebral stroke, whereas others who had a lower degree of stenosis experienced cerebral embolic events and had carotid endarterectomy. Was one of the causes that atherosclerosis might be a condition differing also in terms of pathogenicity? Such unexpected and intriguing findings evoked my curiosity for a more scientific approach to carotid atherosclerosis. The opportunity arose when I was invited to participate in the fourth survey of the Tromsø Study. |
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Ultrasound assessed carotid atherosclerosis in a general population : the Tromsø study |
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Ultrasound assessed carotid atherosclerosis in a general population : the Tromsø study |
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Ultrasound assessed carotid atherosclerosis in a general population : the Tromsø study |
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Ultrasound assessed carotid atherosclerosis in a general population : the Tromsø study |
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Ultrasound assessed carotid atherosclerosis in a general population : the Tromsø study |
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ultrasound assessed carotid atherosclerosis in a general population : the tromsø study |
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Universitetet i Tromsø |
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ISM skriftserie Nr. 52, 2000 990008739004702201 0801-017x https://hdl.handle.net/10037/25997 |
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