Some patients with carotid stenosis will gain no additional benefit from revascularisation for stroke prevention, CAR score ...

For patients with carotid stenosis ≥50% with a low/intermediate predicted stroke risk, there is no benefit for revascularization added to OMT.

commonly affecting the internal carotid artery. It can be associated with embolic stroke, particularly in younger patients without traditional stroke risk factors. The natural history of CaW is not ...

Ischemic stroke remains one of the leading causes of death and long-term disability worldwide, with narrowing of the carotid artery due to atherosclerosis contributing to up to 30% of all cases. For ...

He hopes to expand this research beyond the carotid artery and also run some animal experiments to test for cause and effect. "We just don't know," Clark said. "Almost all of what we know about ...

In 2024, researchers in Italy reported finding micronanoplastics in plaque from some people without symptoms who underwent surgery to remove carotid artery plaque. Symptoms caused by carotid ...

Following ischemic white matter damage, microglia are responsible for phagocytosing and degrading cholesterol-rich myelin debris, storing them as lipid droplets. However, our understanding of how ...

The study has several limitations. It cannot prove that micronanoplastics in plaque were the cause of symptoms of carotid artery disease; micronanoplastics might be a sign of another health issue ...

Vascular. 2005;13(1):28-33. In contrast to Doppler velocity estimates, [32] measurements based on US can define %S closely. At the New York Vascular Institute, a protocol based on US and velocity ...