title: [Clinically significant anomalies of the carotid arteries].
abstract: During 2002-2010 years the authors made more than 14 thousand USDS of the brachycephalic zone arteries. In 32 cases (32 men and 8 women) there were disturbances of blood flow due to local intima dysplasia (hyperplasia) in the zone of bifurcation of the common carotid artery by the detected "pathological valve". Alterations in the bifurcation of the common carotid artery were confirmed by angiographic investigation. Surgical treatment was fulfilled in 23 patients. Disturbances of the brain blood circulation of different degree in the carotid artery basin were noted in case histories of all operated patients. Morphological and histological investigations of the resected fragments of the carotid arteries established that the intravascular formations called by us "pathological valves" had the structure similar to that of the intima of the vessel and were not a manifestation of the atherosclerotic process.
authors.forename: D I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Alekhin
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Kurenkov
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Kudrina
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kokorishvili
authors.forename: Zh A
authors.initials: ZhA
authors.lastname: Goloshchapova
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Karaseva
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*