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Arteriosclerosis of small cerebral arteries
- ... conditions affecting blood flow to and within the brain, such as: Stenosis : a narrowing of a segment of a vessel, most commonly due to atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries). Vasospasm : a temporary narrowing of a vessel, usually ...
- Angioplasty and Vascular Stenting
(American College of Radiology) (Radiological Society of North America)
... of patients with renal vascular hypertension caused by atherosclerosis have their blood pressure successfully treated or improved by angioplasty/stenting. By the time it is done, many of these patients have disease in small arteries within the kidney that does not respond to ... - ... passed through the larger one into a branch artery supplying a small area of tissue or a tumor; this is ... equipped to deal with them. There is a small risk that blood will form a clot around the tip of the catheter, blocking the artery and making it necessary to operate to reopen ...