title: [Postoperative intravenous digital angiography of the carotid].
abstract: Intravenous digital angiography was performed in 55 patients previously submitted to carotid endarterectomy. The angiographic examination was performed in asymptomatic subjects in 43/55 cases, as a routine procedure. In 12/55 cases (22%) the examination was performed following an ischemic recurrency. In 27 patients (49%), digital angiography was repeated before and after surgery, giving the opportunity of a serial evaluation of the vascular pattern. The angiographic findings in the site of operation was normal in 49/55 patients; in 6 patients (12%) steno-occlusive recurrencies were observed. In 21/55 cases (38%) carotid stenosis on the opposite side was demonstrated, owing to the pan-angiographic effect of intravenous contrast administration: among these cases, 18 appeared angiographically normal at the operation site. The clinico-angiographical correlation resulted fairly good (41/55-75%), taking into account the fraction of patients with contralateral carotid stenosis and neurological symptoms. Intravenous digital angiography is proposed as a first-choice diagnostic procedure for the follow-up after carotid surgery.
mesh_terms: D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence
vernacular_title: L'angiografia digitale endovenosa della carotide operata.