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 ...

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 ...

The image to the right (Figure 1) shows an image of a carotid artery in the neck where it divides into the artery of the external carotid artery (smaller vessel on the right) and the internal carotid ...

People with plaque in the blood vessels of their neck have a higher amount of tiny plastic particles in those vessels ...

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 of ...

A case study on intravascular lithotripsy for the treatment of calcified carotid disease to demonstrate technical feasibility ...

Two-thirds of strokes are ischemic in origin and 50% of these are associated with severe internal carotid artery disease ... limitation of CT is radiation exposure. In order to maximize the ...

They are very vascular mainly to help them fight infections and are supplied by the External Carotid artery. The nerve supply is from the 9th Cranial nerve. This nerve also supplies to certain ...