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Focused high risk--population screening for carotid stenosis and retinal microangiopathia after radiotherapy for laryngeal carcinoma.
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PMID:  21305725     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Carotid artery stenosis (CAS) is one of the major complications of external irradiation (radiotherapy, RT) for laryngeal carcinoma. Considering amaurosis fugax is often one of the first signs of significant CAS our focus was to determine weather patients with post-irradiation CAS also develop ocular microangiopathy as a result of insufficient ophthalmic circulation. In our study Carotid Duplex ultrasound scans revealed that 33.33% of patients had significant radiation-induced CAS. The majority (over 85.71%) of radiation-induced CAS had more than one atherosclerotic plaque including any degree of stenosis in the RT group, and had significantly more than that of the control group. Microangiopathic changes were documented only with the patients that have had an increased cerebrovascular risk (diabetes mellitus and arterial hypertension).
Authors:
Ines Strenja-Linić; Bozo Vojniković; Tea Caljkusić-Mance; Robert Tićac; David Bonifacić; Damir Kovacević
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Collegium antropologicum     Volume:  34 Suppl 2     ISSN:  0350-6134     ISO Abbreviation:  Coll Antropol     Publication Date:  2010 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-02-09     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8003354     Medline TA:  Coll Antropol     Country:  Croatia    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  49-52     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology Rijeka University Hospital, Rijeka, Croatia. medines4@yahoo.com
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