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 ...

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 ...

Carotid percutaneous transluminal angioplasty/stenting has become an accepted treatment modality for carotid artery stenosis in high-risk patients. There has been an ongoing debate regarding which ...

If this happens in the coronary arteries of the heart, the heart muscle suffers acute oxygen deprivation, causing a heart attack. If it occurs with plaque formed in the carotid arteries ...

Carotid artery disease is a condition that can increase ... This test uses a special kind of X-ray called a CT scan. Before having the scan, people get an injection of a dye that makes the ...

The researchers performed CT scans of 137 mummies from across four continents ... "Turns out even a Bronze Age guy from 5,000 years ago had calcified, carotid arteries," Finch said, referring to Otzi ...

Applying ultrasound to help break up thrombus during carotid endarterectomy reduces adverse neurological outcomes in the ...

Intra-arterial (arteriography): Carotid arteries: 10–14mL ... 15–30mL (max 250mL). IV: CT of head or body: 75–150mL or 100–150mL bolus infusion; max 150mL. Excretory urography (normal ...

Carotid artery disease is a condition that can increase ... This test uses a special kind of X-ray called a CT scan. Before hav­ing the scan, people get an in­jection of a dye that makes the ...

Sixty-three percent were done for ≥ 70% asymptomatic carotid stenosis and 37% for strokes ... and = 70 to 99% in-stent restenosis, based on CT angiography. ROC Curves: Sensitivity and ...