Introduction/Aim. The internal carotid artery (ICA) is a paired artery that primarily supplies the anterior two-thirds of the brain, the pituitary gland, the eye structures, and some other cranial structures. The ICA variations or abnormalities have been more or less described; especially, bilateral ICA hypoplasia (ICAH) was a very rare description...

By Ljiljana Vasović, Ana Mrkaić, Miracle Wangsuwana, Dimitrije Đorđević, Milena Trandafilović

SummarySmoking has many harmful effects on human body. It is well known that smoking is one of the most important risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. Though the ingredients from cigarette smoke stimulate the release of vasoconstrictor and reduce the release of vasodilator substances, the goal of this study was to investigate the acute effects...

By Ana Mrkaić, Suzana Branković, Pavle Randjelović, Milica Veljković, Ivan Pavlović, Mirjana Radenković