There were 255 carotid endarterectomies on 236 patients (143 males). The median age was 72 years (range 52-92). Median hospital stay was 3 days. Mean follow up with duplex ultrasound scan 3 years ...

External carotid artery entry will require re-access ... and location of the thrombus. There is limited experience with the use of closure devices for carotid artery sheath removal in the current ...

Of note, there may be anastomoses between external carotid branches (particularly the occipital artery) and the posterior circulation; such vascular connections can represent potential pitfalls for ...

Clinically, atherosclerosis of the carotid artery is closely related to stroke and cerebral ... In the test set, the location of plaques (anterior, posterior, internal, external), plaque morphology ...

I will never forget dropping down to do my initial assessment and he looked up at me and mouthed the words, “That b*tch shot me”.

Typically, only you can hear it, and it happens despite there being no external sound present when ... comes from problematic blood vessels, such as a carotid artery affected by atherosclerosis (fatty ...

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

Stroke remains a global health challenge, ranking second in worldwide mortality and fifth in U.S. deaths. In response, researchers at Ochsner Health, led by Hernan Bazan, MD, DFSVS, FACS, have ...

Archie et al [14] reported 9% of patients had severe (>70%) stenosis of the external carotid artery following carotid endarterectomy; and found that the repair of severely stenosed or occluded ...

the preferred pulse point is the carotid artery. There are several reasons for this, some of which are complementary points to those of the conscious patient: Unlike a conscious patient ...

Lumbar puncture was bland. The patient underwent digital subtraction angiography (to rule out intracranial pathology) which showed moderate tortuosity of bilateral external carotid artery branches ...