Carotid Artery Ultrasound Doppler Scan - This is a noninvasive diagnostic test that uses ultrasound to detect narrowing of the arteries in the neck and can estimate the degree of narrowing or ...

Atherosclerotic carotid artery stenosis is relatively frequent in older patients and is a major cause of disabling stroke or death. Carotid endarterectomy is currently considered the standard of ...

The safest and most effective treatment for symptomatic vertebral artery stenosis has not yet been ... To date, the Carotid and Vertebral Artery Transluminal Angioplasty Study (CAVATAS) 3 is ...

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 ...

Revascularization therapy for symptomatic vertebrobasilar insufficiency should be considered in patients with bilateral vertebral artery stenosis ... internal carotid and vertebral atherosclerotic ...

Auscultation of the heart in patients with aortic stenosis ... delayed (tardus) carotid upstroke. To asses for "parvus," it is often helpful to palpate one’s own carotid artery while ...