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 ...

Innovative Maryland surgeons pioneer first-of-its-kind transorbital approach to remove spinal tumors, successfully treating a ...

In a first-of-its-kind surgery, a team led by a University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) neurosurgeon has successfully ...

We developed a clinical prediction model (Individualized Magnetic Resonance Imaging–Based Stroke Prediction Score Using Plaque Vulnerability for Patients With Symptomatic Carotid Artery Disease ...

Background It is debated whether endovascular treatment is indicated for a symptomatic chronically occluded internal carotid artery (COICA). Objective To assess outcomes after endovascular treatment ...

The body must be able to generate heat, retain heat, and discharge heat depending on the body activity and ambient external temperature ... be applied to transfer heat to major arteries - at the neck ...

The body must be able to generate heat, retain heat, and discharge heat depending on the body activity and ambient external temperature ... be applied to transfer heat to major arteries - at the neck ...

while performing angioplasty and stenting procedures involving lesions of the internal carotid artery and/or the bifurcation; the reference diameter of the external carotid artery should be between ...

Aneurysm locations were supraclinoid internal carotid artery (ICA) in 71 (68.9%), cavernous ICA in ... closed-cell paired-stent design. The external stent permits accurate positioning of the device ...

Higher levels of micronanoplastics were found in carotid artery plaque, especially in people with stroke symptoms, suggesting ...

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 ...