Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is the leading cause of adult disability in the United States and a major cause of death both ...

with severe subtotal calcific disease of the left cervical bifurcation involving the origins of the external carotid artery (ECA) and ICA, with TICI (thrombolysis in cerebral infarction) 2 flow ...

Digital subtraction angiography (DSA) is the ’gold standard' for visualization ... the camera mounted on different microcatheters and its ability to navigate external carotid artery branches. The ...

MR images were acquired in the coronal plane and covered the whole carotid artery, including the common carotid artery, bifurcation, internal carotid artery and external carotid ... The video of the ...

Cavernous DAVFs were characterized by the following Barrow classification7: type B, type C and type D, indirect fistula between the cavernous sinus and meningeal branches of the internal carotid ...

Carotid duplex ... pressure in your arm to blood pressure in your ankle. Angiogram: This procedure can find blockages in your arteries. We use X-rays and a contrasting dye to show areas where an ...

WASHINGTON -- The Neuroguard carotid stent system, with its integrated embolic filter, continued to show good results at 2 ...

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 ...

In this way, every patient with a stroke due to carotid artery narrowing can receive a tailor-made risk-based treatment. That saves many patients a major operation and lowers health care costs.

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 ...

Acute ischemic stroke is a leading global cause of death and disability. Intravenous thrombolysis was the first acute treatment developed for ischemic strokes. First with alteplase and now with ...