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 ...

A late night, another patient in distress or a tiff with the spouse—patients will never know the worries that weigh on their ...

In any case, there was no mortality signal associated with alteplase administered up to 24 hours after a stroke in HOPE.

Background Occlusion of the internal carotid artery (ICA) may extend into the middle or anterior ... based on the most proximal visible thrombus on CT angiography or MR angiography and patency of the ...

At our institution, emergent CT angiography of the head and neck is performed ... will result in the dilator entering either the external or internal carotid arteries. External carotid artery entry ...

LOS ANGELES -- For patients with large vessel occlusion (LVO) strokes, researchers found ways to make adjunctive ...

Sixty-three percent were done for ≥ 70% asymptomatic carotid stenosis and 37% for strokes ... and = 70 to 99% in-stent restenosis, based on CT angiography. ROC Curves: Sensitivity and ...

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Carotid sinus hypersensitivity is rarely diagnosed before age 50 and is more common in men than women. Men with heart conditions such as hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, coronary artery disease and ...

This article was originally posted Dec. 8, 2014. It has been updated. There are many things in medicine that are merely a matter of preference or style. How to check a patient’s pulse is not one ...