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677802

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1978-9-29
pubmed:abstractText
In the clinical part of the study routine neck PA radiographs taken with the mouth open were compared with soft tissue films with the mouth closed for detection of calcification in the carotid arteries. Only 5.5% of 90 hospitalized patients showed foci of calcification in routine films. But foci of calcification were seen in 22% of the soft tissue radiographs of the whole series. In the autopsy part of the study large foci of calcification were found at the carotid bifurcations in 12 out of 20 cadavers by radiography. In an additional five cases contact radiographs also showed smaller foci of calcification. The vascular endothelium over the calcification was often ulcerated. The significance of the large arterial foci of calcification demonstrated in the neck radiographs as a sign of atherosclerosis and as a source of cerebral thromboembolism is discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0003-4762
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
48-51
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1978
pubmed:articleTitle
Calcification in cervical arteries in life and at autopsy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article