Bent (head-down) posture and aberrant common carotid arteries of the neck: Another new risk factor for stroke? [3]

Laryngoscope

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2074-2075

  Tsunoda, Koichi ^a   Ishimoto, Shinichi ^a   Aikawa, Jo ^b   Shinogami, Masanobu ^b   Murakami, Ryusuke ^c   Saigusa, Hideto ^c   Kondou, Kenji ^d   Bitou, Seiji ^e  

^a National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^b Nissan Tamagawa Hospital   (Japan)

^c Nihon Medical University   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION TOKYO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY POSTURE; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INFARCTION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; KYPHOSIS; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; AGED; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; NECK;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HEAD-DOWN TILT; HUMANS; NECK; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33644675907     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MLG.0000181514.05499.C4     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Tsunoda K, Takanosawa M, Matsuda K. Aberrant internal carotid artery in the mouth. Lancet 1997;350:340.
2. Tsunoda K, Aikawa J, Murakami R, et al. Bent (Head-Down) posture and aberrant internal carotid artery in the mouth: a new risk factor for stroke? [Letter]. Ann Intern Med 2003;139:W56.