Atherosclerotic carotid artery stenosis is relatively frequent ... reveals a high-grade symptomatic carotid stenosis on the left (arrow) and diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging shows ...

Carotid artery disease, also called carotid artery stenosis, occurs when the carotid arteries, the main blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood to the brain, become narrowed. The narrowing of the ...

The following case is unusual in that the occlusion was an embolus lodged at the carotid siphon that was ... right-handed man had the sudden onset of left-sided hemiplegia and facial paralysis ...

Figure 3a: Neck angiogram lateral (side) view of the left carotid artery. There is severe stenosis or narrowing of the internal carotid artery (red arrow) at its origin. Figure 3b: Lateral view of the ...

WASHINGTON -- The Neuroguard carotid stent system, with its integrated embolic filter, continued to show good results at 2 ...

The posterior cerebral arteries branch off from the basilar artery. The left and right PCAs form the longest sections of the circle of Willis. The internal carotid arteries are located in the ...

A case study on intravascular lithotripsy for the treatment of calcified carotid disease to demonstrate technical feasibility ...

Figure 5: Magnetic resonance direct thrombus image (coronal axis) of a complicated thrombotic plaque (red circle) in left internal carotid artery. A further application for in vivo MRI in this ...

The anterior circulation consists of the right and left internal carotid arteries (ICA) which bifurcate into the anterior cerebral artery (ACA) and middle cerebral artery (MCA) (Figure 1).

A small study found that fatty buildup in the blood vessels of the neck (carotid arteries) may contain 50 times or more micronanoplastics — minuscule bits of plastic — compared to arteries free of ...

Ischemic stroke remains one of the leading causes of death and long-term disability worldwide, with narrowing of the carotid artery due to atherosclerosis contributing to up to 30% of all cases.