Cerebrovascular disease is the third leading cause of death in the United States. 1,2 Approximately 750 000 people have a stroke annually, costing an estimated $45 billion in treatment and lost ...

Objective Low association between cardiac symptoms and coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients with inflammatory joint diseases (IJD) demands for objective markers to improve cardiovascular risk ...

With a carotid stent, dilation balloon, and integrated embolic protection (IEP) filter for added safety, the system also ...

Carotid plaque thickness and IMT are reliable indices for assessing the extent of coronary atherosclerosis. These results support previous studies which showed that the thickness of the largest plaque ...

The pseudoaneurysm (arrows in D and F) is also better visualized on PCD‐CTA than EID‐CTA, ... EID, energy‐integrating detector; ICA, internal carotid artery; and PCD, photon‐counting detector. This ...

Objectives Elevated serum urate (SU) levels are associated with arterial atherosclerosis and subsequent cardiovascular events. However, an optimal therapeutic target SU level for delaying ...

Why might I need a carotid artery duplex scan? You may need this scan if your healthcare provider thinks you may have: A blockage in a carotid artery. Narrowing (stenosis) in a carotid artery. A ...

10. Detwiler K, Godersky JC, Gentry L. Pseudoaneurysm of the extracranial vertebral artery. J Neurosurg 1987,67:935-939. 11. de Villiers JC, Grant AR. Stab wounds at the craniocervical junction.

Blood vessels: Dr. Ovadia points to a 2024 study where experts looked at plaque removed from the carotid artery (located in the neck) of study participants.

Objective Perioperative stroke associated with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is a catastrophic event. Identification of patients at risk and reduction of its incidence remains of high ...

Using data from the Rotterdam Study in the Netherlands, researchers have uncovered that carotid artery plaques can undergo potentially dangerous changes over time in patients without symptoms ...