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 ...

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 ...

Medication is as effective as CEA in reducing stroke risk in most carotid stenosis cases, new data show, suggesting some ...

Playboy model Katie May died in February after a ... noting that his sister’s ‘catastrophic’ stroke was “caused by a blocked carotid artery.” “To the best of my family’s knowledge ...

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 ...

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