Article topic: Non-Atherosclerotic Carotid Artery Lesions Name of the author: Rand Al Kalbani Key words: non-atherosclerotic, carotid lesion, dissection, fibromuscular dysplasia, carotid artery aneurysm Scientific editor: Dr.Omar Jbara Linguistic editor: Philip Sweidan Overview Non atherosclerotic carotid lesions are uncommon disorder that is more seen in young aged group, it includes various pathology such as fibromuscular dysplasia, spontaneous carotid artery dissection, extracranial carotid artery aneurysm and radiation stenosis. Recently the incidence started to increase due to better imaging methods including magnetic resonance angiography and computed tomography angiography. The aim of management whether medially, surgically or endovascular is to preserve efficacy […]
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