Observational studies at the SCAI meeting favored the dual GIP/GLP-1 receptor agonist tirzepatide (Mounjaro, Zepbound) over ...

Addition of revascularization to optimized medical therapy not beneficial in patients with carotid stenosis ≥50 percent and low or intermediate predicted stroke risk.

For decades, medical practitioners have primarily relied on the degree of carotid narrowing (stenosis) to assess the risk of stroke and determine the best treatment options. However, mounting ...

For decades, medical practitioners have primarily relied on the degree of carotid narrowing (stenosis) to assess the risk of stroke and determine the best treatment options. However, mounting ...

Intracranial FF is also a valuable hemodynamic index to assess the severity of narrowing in intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis (ICAS). This study aims to investigate the predictive value of FF in ...

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 ...

Vascular. 2005;13(1):28-33. In contrast to Doppler velocity estimates, [32] measurements based on US can define %S closely. At the New York Vascular Institute, a protocol based on US and velocity ...

In the Netherlands, about 2,000 people with carotid artery stenosis are operated on every year after they have had a stroke. Thirty years ago, large studies showed that an operation in which a ...

In the Netherlands, about 2,000 people with carotid artery stenosis are operated on every year after they have had a stroke. 30 years ago, large studies showed that an operation, in which a ...