Open AccessPATHOLOGIC TORTUOSITY OF CAROTID ARTERIES: BACKGROUND, ETIOLOGY, PREVALENCE, CLASSIFICATION (literature review)
Author(s) -
Melvin H. Kaplan
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
problemy zdorovʹâ i èkologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2708-6011
pISSN - 2220-0967
DOI - 10.51523/2708-6011.2013-10-1-2
Subject(s) - tortuosity , etiology , carotid arteries , medicine , terminology , population , cardiology , radiology , pathology , environmental health , linguistics , philosophy , geotechnical engineering , porosity , engineering
The pathology of extracranial arteries plays a significant part in the structure of diseases causing cerebrovascular insufficiency. The article deals with the historical aspects of the treatment and study of carotid artery tortuosity. It describes the questions of etiology and assesses the role of different factors in development of the artery tortuosity. The problems of the study of the carotid artery tortuosity prevalence in population and symptomatic patients, terminology and classification aspects are also covered in this review.