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ArticleCureus2023

Tortuous Carotid Arteries and Their Clinical Implications: A Report of Two Cases.

Anisa Raidah, Nolberto Jaramillo, Giuseppe Serena, Steven Lev, Anantha Ramanathan

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pulsatile Tinnitus: A Narrative Review.The journal of international advanced otology · 2025
    Review
  2. Measuring arterial tortuosity in the cerebrovascular system using Time-of-Flight MRI.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024
    Article
  3. The Axial Spin of the Carotid Bifurcation.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
    Article
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anisa RaidahSurgery, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, USA.
Nolberto JaramilloSurgery, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, USA.
Giuseppe SerenaSurgery, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, USA.
Steven LevNeuroradiology, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, USA.
Anantha RamanathanSurgery, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, USA.
Nassau University Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The tortuous carotid artery is a rare anatomic abnormality defined as vascular elongation leading to an altered course. It can be discovered incidentally or have clinically significant manifestations. The most common location is the internal carotid artery or, less commonly, the common carotid artery. Bilateral tortuous carotid arteries can also occur, leading to "kissing carotids" where the carotid arteries are juxtaposed. We describe two cases of carotid artery tortuosity in patients with risk factors associated with its development. One case is of a 91-year-old female presenting with a cerebrovascular accident and an incidental finding of tortuosity of the right common carotid artery mimicking the appearance of "kissing carotids." The other case concerns a 66-year-old female with a symptomatic tortuous left internal carotid artery. This report aims to inform clinicians of the differences in the anatomical features, pathogenesis, and possible clinical implications of these variants.

Indexed as

carotid artery kinkingcommon carotid arterycongenital vascular anomalyinternal carotid arterytortuous carotid artery

Identifiers

PMID37131564
PMCPMC10149036
OpenAlexW4362465500

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