Book contents
- Stories of Stroke
- Stories of Stroke
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Why This Book Needed to Be Written
- Preface
- Part I Early Recognition
- Part II Basic Knowledge, Sixteenth to Early Twentieth Centuries
- Part III Modern Era, Mid-Twentieth Century to the Present
- Types of Stroke
- Chapter Fifteen Carotid Artery Disease
- Chapter Sixteen Lacunes
- Chapter Seventeen Vertebrobasilar Disease
- Chapter Eighteen Aneurysms and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Chapter Nineteen Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- Chapter Twenty Vascular Malformations
- Chapter Twenty One Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
- Chapter Twenty Two Arterial Dissections, Fibromuscular Dysplasia, Moyamoya Disease, and Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome
- Chapter Twenty Three Blood Disorders
- Chapter Twenty Four Stroke Genetics
- Chapter Twenty Five Eye Vascular Disease
- Chapter Twenty Six Spinal Cord Vascular Disease
- Some Key Physicians
- Imaging
- Care
- Treatment
- Part IV Stroke Literature, Organizations, and Patients
- Index
- References
Chapter Fifteen - Carotid Artery Disease
from Types of Stroke
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 December 2022
- Stories of Stroke
- Stories of Stroke
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Why This Book Needed to Be Written
- Preface
- Part I Early Recognition
- Part II Basic Knowledge, Sixteenth to Early Twentieth Centuries
- Part III Modern Era, Mid-Twentieth Century to the Present
- Types of Stroke
- Chapter Fifteen Carotid Artery Disease
- Chapter Sixteen Lacunes
- Chapter Seventeen Vertebrobasilar Disease
- Chapter Eighteen Aneurysms and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Chapter Nineteen Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- Chapter Twenty Vascular Malformations
- Chapter Twenty One Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
- Chapter Twenty Two Arterial Dissections, Fibromuscular Dysplasia, Moyamoya Disease, and Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome
- Chapter Twenty Three Blood Disorders
- Chapter Twenty Four Stroke Genetics
- Chapter Twenty Five Eye Vascular Disease
- Chapter Twenty Six Spinal Cord Vascular Disease
- Some Key Physicians
- Imaging
- Care
- Treatment
- Part IV Stroke Literature, Organizations, and Patients
- Index
- References
Summary
Carotid artery occlusion and the occurrence of ocular and hemispheric signs became recognized during the latter years of the nineteenth century. Surgical ligations of the carotid artery were attempted during the twentieth century. A prevalent notion at the time was that intracranial vasospasm of small vessels precipitated by extracranial carotid disease caused the symptoms. For this reason, the most popular treatment for carotid disease was sympathectomy. C. M. Fisher first suggested that “bypassing” the occluded carotid artery segment could preclude clinical manifestations. His contributions were a quantum leap in understanding the mechanisms of carotid stroke. More than half a century after his landmark publication, treatment of carotid artery stenosis is still debated.
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- Stories of StrokeKey Individuals and the Evolution of Ideas, pp. 109 - 118Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022