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

Carotid artery stenosis is an important cause of stroke and transient ischemic attack. Correctly and rapidly identifying patients with symptomatic carotid artery stenosis is essential for adequate ...

Aims: The effect of carotid endarterectomy on the patency of the external carotid artery is unknown. We conducted a retrospective study to evaluate the long-term changes in the external carotid ...

Using data from the Rotterdam Study in the Netherlands, researchers have uncovered that carotid artery plaques can undergo potentially dangerous changes over time in patients without symptoms ...

External carotid artery stenosis was asymptomatic; the frequency of this is comparable to the few other published studies. [1, 6, 7] Carotid endarterectomy remains a low-risk operation for the ...

A carotid stenting system was linked to the lowest 1-year stroke rates reported for any prospective, multicenter pivotal trial of carotid artery stenting, researchers reported.

After carotid artery stenting (CAS) with this system, there were zero instances of major stroke, neurological death, or stent thrombosis at the 2-year mark, while the incidence of target lesion ...

This cross-sectional study, spanning from December 2020 to December 2021, delves into the prevalence and risk factors of carotid artery stenosis and plaque across China. Involving 194,878 adults ...

TUPELO — Carotid artery disease, a progressive buildup of calcium deposits and cholesterol in the primary artery supplying blood to the brain, poses a risk of stroke, but there are ...

Israel-based startup Pylon Medical has recently developed a first-of-its-kind method of treating carotid artery disease, one of the leading risk factors for stroke. The carotid arteries are a pair of ...

Background Carotid blowout syndrome is a serious complication of head and neck cancer (HNC) that may involve the intracranial or extracranial internal carotid artery (ICA). Although parent artery ...

WebMD explains carotid artery disease, including the symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment.