title: [An X-rays study of the cervical part of spinal cord for detection of atherosclerosis of carotid and vertebral arteries].
abstract: The paper is intended for neurologists and radiologists and addresses a problem of accurate and scrupulous assessment of soft cervical tissues. The most distinct changes of infiltrations, which vary by the form and intensity, were detected in the projection of the extracranial segments of the carotid and/or vertebral arteries on the X-ray- and spondylograms of the cervical part. The presence of calcium deposits found in 13% out of 300 patients over 55 years of age was confirmed by the duplex study of the great brain arteries. A simple and logic algorithm of diagnosis of carotid arteries atherosclerosis, working in accordance to from-the-simple-to-the-complex principle, was suggested. It includes scrupulous clinical examination - palpation, auscultation followed by assessment of the soft cervical tissues on cervical X-ray-and spondylogram and finally, if necessary, duplex and/or CT-MRI in "vascular regime".
authors.forename: I D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Stulin
authors.forename: A Iu
authors.initials: AIu
authors.lastname: Vasil'ev
authors.forename: Iu B
authors.initials: IuB
authors.lastname: Belousov
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002342:Carotid Artery, External; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex / Q000379:methods; D014711:Vertebral Artery