Photomicrographs of the right extracranial internal carotid artery (Panels A, B, and C) show a dissection within the outer layers of the tunica media, resulting in stenosis of the arterial lumen (L).

with a thrombosed false lumen causing compression of the true lumen (Figure 1). The left renal artery was occluded, whereas a patent right renal artery showed normal perfusion of the right kidney.

Using data from the Rotterdam Study in the Netherlands, researchers have uncovered that carotid artery plaques can undergo ...

The pathology of SCAD comprises an acute and spontaneous separation of the coronary artery wall layers, forming an intramural space (false lumen). This can sometimes be connected with the true ...

Dr Agarwal says that this blockage not only hardens the arteries but also narrows the arteries's lumen, compromising blood supply to the respective organs and tissues. The condition mainly ...

Arteries are blood vessels that carry blood rich in oxygen throughout your body. They go to your brain as well as to the tips of your toes. Healthy arteries have smooth inner walls and blood flows ...

At laparotomy, the thrombosed false lumen was indeed found to be extending beyond the jejunal branches and the medial colic artery, a configuration that, in retrospect, would not have been ...