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Volume 50, Issue 2 , Pages 280-285 , August 2009

Predictors of carotid artery stenosis after radiotherapy for head and neck cancers

Yeu-Jhy Chang, MD
- Stroke Center and Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, and College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
Tung-Chieh Chang, MD
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, and College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
Tsong-Hai Lee, MD, PhD
- Stroke Center and Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, and College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
Shan-Jin Ryu, MD
- Stroke Center and Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, and College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Reprint requests: Shan-Jin Ryu, MD, Stroke Center and Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, and College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, 5, Fu-Shing St, Kweishan, Taoyuan, 333 Taiwan

Received 20 October 2008 ,Accepted 10 January 2009.

Distribution of plaque scores between radiotherapy (RT) and control groups (R, right; L, left; D, distal; CCA, common carotid artery; BIF, carotid bifurcation; ICA, internal carotid artery; ECA, exter

Distribution of plaque scores between radiotherapy (RT) and control groups (R, right; L, left; D, distal; CCA, common carotid artery; BIF, carotid bifurcation; ICA, internal carotid artery; ECA, external carotid artery).
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Bilateral plaque scores for different age groups of the radiotherapy (RT) and control groups.

Bilateral plaque scores for different age groups of the radiotherapy (RT) and control groups.
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