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 ...

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 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.

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 ...

Carotid Artery Dissection: (Left) Right Carotid Angiogram at the level of the carotid bifurcation; (Middle) Right Carotid Angiogram at the level of the base of the skull; (Right) Axial CT scan 3 days ...

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 ...

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 ...