Key result
Reestablishment of flow past a kink in the common carotid artery relieved multiple syncopal attacks in two patients.
Case Report (n=2)
Correction of carotid artery kinking can relieve syncopal attacks and should be considered in the evaluation of patients with stroke or syncope.
May support carotid kink evaluation in unexplained syncope; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
With proper diagnosis based on history, physical findings, and arteriographic and pressure studies, it has become apparent that carotid artery kinking is a more common cause of strokes than was formerly believed. Because kinking is easily corrected, every patient with stroke deserves examination sufficient for determination of whether the carotid arteries are kinked. Two cases are cited in which multiple syncopal attacks were relieved when flow past a kink in the common carotid artery was reestablished.
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Derrick et al. (1962) conducted a case report in Carotid artery kinking with cerebral insufficiency (n=2). Reestablishment of flow past a kink in the common carotid artery was evaluated on Relief of syncopal attacks. Reestablishment of flow past a kink in the common carotid artery relieved multiple syncopal attacks in two patients.
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