All of the patients were already undergoing preventative surgery to remove plaque from their carotid arteries (the main arteries that supply the brain with blood). This allowed the researchers to ...

Previous studies have shown that microplastic and nanoplastic particles can induce inflammation and other negative effects in the body.

Though heart disease encompasses a wide range of heart-related ailments and conditions, it generally refers to a condition where plaque builds up inside the walls of the arteries, thereby ...

The narrowing of the carotid arteries is most commonly related to atherosclerosis (a build-up of plaque, which is a deposit of fatty substances, cholesterol, cellular waste products, calcium, and ...

February is heart month. Almost all heart attacks are preventable, but in spite of that they remain the number one cause of ...

Your doctor will pass the Embolic Protection System into the carotid artery to help capture any plaque or particles that could travel ... but the balloon will be removed. He will then remove the ...

When surgical intervention is needed, carotid endarterectomy involves removing plaque from the artery, while carotid stenting ...

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 ...

Stenosis: The abnormal narrowing of a passage in the body, such as an artery. Carotid Endarterectomy (CEA): A surgical procedure to remove plaque from the carotid arteries to prevent stroke.