THE HANGING HEAD POSITION FOR DETECTION OF SITE OF INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION

1 September 1967

journal article
case report
Published by American Roentgen Ray Society in American Journal of Roentgenology

Vol. 101 (1) , 111-115
https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.101.1.111

Abstract

A case report and an experimental model are presented to demonstrate how layering of contrast medium may stimulate an occlusion of the cervical internal carotid artery, and how the hanging head position prevents false localization.

Keywords

MODEL
HANGING HEAD POSITION
ARTERY OCCLUSION
FALSE LOCALIZATION
CONTRAST MEDIUM
CERVICAL INTERNAL