Title
Omental transplantation on carotid bifurcation against essential arterial hypertension
Other title
Trasplante de epiplón sobre la bifurcación carotídea en contra de la hipertensión arterial esencial
Date Issued
01 January 2010
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Abstract
Introduction: Up to date it is said that the etiology of essential arterial hypertension (EAH) is unknown and is a challenge for medical community. Objective: To ameliorate the cerebrovascular sequelae of patients with EAH by means of omental transplantation. Material and methods: We present a prospective study into 81 patients with EAH who were admitted to the hospital by cerebral sequelae (62 cases), transient ischemic attacks (13 cases) and cerebellar sequelae (6 cases). Preoperative computarized tomography and/or magnetic resonance imaging showed atherosclerosis at the supraclinoid carotids and vertebrobasilar system. Through a transsylvian approach we located the supraclinoid carotids and its branches into 60 patients. During the surgery we found atherosclerosis in the carotids, some exsanguinated perforating arteries and another perforating branches with residual blood flow centripetal to the origin of these vessels. The omentum was placed on the carotid bifurcation and anterior perforated space. Results: The 81 patients presented neurological improvement since the first days of the operation. Moreover, the 60 patients who received omentum on the carotid crotch showed normalization of the neurogenic hypertension (main representative of EAH). Conclusions: These results indicate that ischemic neurons in the posterior hypothalamic nuclei are the main responsibles of neurogenic hypertension; because in contrast to this, its revascularization by means of omental tissue normalize the essential hypertension.
Start page
19
End page
24
Volume
21
Issue
1
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Sistema cardiaco, Sistema cardiovascular
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-77953471767
Source
Revista Mexicana de Cardiologia
ISSN of the container
01882198
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