title: A novel method of macropathologic and arteriographic examination of carotid specimens obtained from autopsy.
abstract: Twenty carotid bifurcations were examined. During autopsy, carotid bifurcations were removed in toto. Unfixed carotids were ligated and cannulated for injection of an angiographic contrast medium followed by injection of a tissue-embedding medium at physiologic pressure and temperature. The carotid bifurcation was frozen and cut manually in 3-mm cross-sections. Photographs were then taken of every slice. Angiography, filling with tissue-embedding material, and sectioning were successful in all cases. In the macropathologic sections, the extent, configuration and location of atherosclerotic lesions could be identified.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University Medical School of Debrecen, Nagyerdei krt. 98, H-4012 Debrecen, Hungary. gernot.SAD@gmx.de
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schulte-Altedorneburg
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Droste
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kollár
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hegedüs
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gomba
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Ringelstein
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Csiba
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001344:Autopsy / Q000379:methods; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008297:Male