The chief characteristic of this syndrome is spontaneous syncope with ... may overstimulate the carotid sinus or may occlude the carotid artery. This, particularly in older persons, may cause ...

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 ...

symptoms of carotid artery dissection may occur which include headache, neck pain and Horner’s syndrome (ptosis - drooping eyelid, miosis - constriction of the pupil, and hemianhidrosis - lack ...

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 ...

Celiac artery compression syndrome, also known as median arcuate ligament syndrome, is a condition where a muscular fibrous band of the diaphragm, the median arcuate ligament, compresses the celiac ...

Another indication for vertebral artery reconstruction pertains to patients who have both extracranial internal carotid and vertebral atherosclerotic disease and who have not gained symptom relief ...