Volume 10, Issue 4, Pages 331-337 (April 2018) Atherosclerotic Disease and its Relationship to Lumbar Degenerative Disk Disease, Facet Arthritis, and Stenosis With Computed Tomography Angiography William J. Beckworth, MD, John F. Holbrook, MD, Lisa G. Foster, MD, Laura A. Ward, MSPH, James R. Welle, MD PM&R Volume 10, Issue 4, Pages 331-337 (April 2018) DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2017.09.004 Copyright © 2018 American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Axial maximum intensity projection images from computed tomography angiography in a healthy patient (A) and a patient with severe atherosclerosis in the abdominal aorta (B). The lumbar artery origins are labeled (arrows) as is the atherosclerotic plaque (asterisk). Oblique reformats in the same patients (C, D) demonstrate the lumbar artery origins in profile (arrows) along with a severe atherosclerotic plaque (asterisk in D). Oblique volume-rendered images also show the normal vessel origins (arrows in E) compared with the diseased vessel origins (arrows in F). Again, note the severe calcified plaque (asterisk in F). PM&R 2018 10, 331-337DOI: (10.1016/j.pmrj.2017.09.004) Copyright © 2018 American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions