During carotid endarterectomy, surgeons often perform avulsion endarterectomy to the external carotid artery. There is limited data supporting the routine use of this technique.

ICA = internal carotid artery, MCA = middle cerebral artery, ACA = anterior communicating artery, CCA = common carotid artery, ECA = external carotid artery. FMD is a disease of the arteries which ...

A 60 year-old man presented with spells of left sided weakness, often provoked by standing up quickly. His neurological exam was completely normal. Internal Carotid Artery Occlusion: Cerebral ...

In addition, computed tomography angiography has been instrumental in delineating the variations in the origins of anterior branches of the external carotid artery, including the superior thyroid ...

Each carotid artery branches into an internal and external carotid artery. ... For instance, a change in the anterior communicating artery may keep the circle of Willis from being complete.

InspireMD, Inc. announced the commercial launch of the CGuard Prime carotid stent system in the United States. On June 24, the comp ...

This case focuses on a 68-year-old man with history of transient ischemic attack and a 3-cm enhancing right carotid space lesion incidentally detected on outside imaging.The mass — between the ...

Archie et al [14] reported 9% of patients had severe (>70%) stenosis of the external carotid artery following carotid endarterectomy; and found that the repair of severely stenosed or occluded ...