Filmmaker and actor Rakesh Roshan shared that both his carotid arteries were above 75 per cent blocked, which could have been ...

Procedures like carotid endarterectomy (surgical removal of plaque) or angioplasty with stenting can improve blood flow and ...

The common carotid artery typically bifurcates into the internal and external carotid arteries; however, marked variations in the level of bifurcation and the origins of its branches are well ...

The external carotid artery normally contributes only to a small extent to the orbital blood supply via the infraorbital artery and orbital branch of the middle meningeal artery.

Palpate the temporal artery (a branch of the external carotid) just in front of the tragus on the ipsilateral side. Gently press the temporal artery to obliterate the pulse.

Stenosis of the external carotid artery as detected by duplex scan occurred in 5.5% of patients and was totally asymptomatic. ... (a branch from the maxillary artery) ...

The anterior cerebral artery is well seen, as are the lenticulostriate vessels. Presumably, the dissection resulted in an artery to artery embolus that lodged in the distal MCA stem. CCA = common ...

Hawkins explained that stroke is typically related to the internal and not the external carotid artery, with the latter mostly supplying side branches that don’t lead to the brain. So the reductions ...

Carotid Artery Dissection: Right Carotid Angiograms. Note on the angiogram the abrupt tapering and "string sign" of the internal carotid artery. This is one of the classic appearances of a dissection.

Carotid artery stenting (CAS). Carotid artery stenting (CAS) is a newer treatment option. It’s less invasive than carotid endarterectomy and is performed in a catheterization laboratory.

Carotid-artery atherosclerosis is an important cause of ischemic stroke. 1 Carotid endarterectomy has been established as effective treatment for both symptomatic patients and asymptomatic ...