Using data from the Rotterdam Study in the Netherlands, researchers have uncovered that carotid artery plaques can undergo ...

Optimized medical therapy (OMT) is as effective as surgery for carotid revascularization in reducing stroke risk in the majority of patients with carotid artery ... Brain MRI or CT was done ...

A risky carotid artery operation ... risk of a new stroke due to accumulations in the carotid artery. This could be seen on the MRI scans that the participating patients received after 2 years.

Based on the 45.8% of patients who underwent brain MRI before and 1 day after carotid endarterectomy, all ischemic lesions after surgery were ipsilateral to the intervened internal carotid artery.

Strokes can occur as a result of other conditions besides carotid artery disease. For example, sudden bleeding in the brain, called intracerebral hemorrhage, can cause a stroke. Other possible ...

There have now been more than 100,000 transcarotid artery revascularization procedures. The technology has improved the safety of carotid revascularization without compromising efficacy.

While the incidence of carotid dissections does not seem to have increased, the question remains open for vertebral artery injuries ... clinical data and cervical MRI). Similarly, positive ...

Some people with severe stenosis may be offered revascularisation and the conventional surgical approach used is carotid endarterectomy (CEA). This involves making an incision in the side of the neck ...

Your risk of developing carotid artery disease increases if you have a family history of the disease or atherosclerosis. Age also is a risk factor. As you age, your arteries become less flexible ...

So, when an otherwise routine medical test revealed that Davis’ carotid arteries were severely blocked, he wasted no time taking care of it through a procedure called transcarotid artery ...

A person has one carotid artery on each side of their neck. People can place a finger on their carotid artery to check their heart rate. The carotid arteries take oxygen-rich blood from the heart ...

Jim Williams of Novato was suffering from severe carotid artery stenosis, meaning the artery walls in his neck were blocked with plaque, increasing his risk of stroke. Williams, who turned 76 on ...