In 1964 President Lyndon Johnson designated February to be National Heart Month.  At the time, cardiovascular disease was the leading cause of death in the United States so he wanted people to focus ...

Michael Dunn expected to hear that he needed major surgery after doctors detected plaque buildup in his right carotid ...

As they were moving wires during the surgery, the aneurysm ... open surgery to repair the burst carotid artery and save Junghans life. “My surgery scar from my ear to my clavicle isn’t even ...

Endarterectomy (also called carotid endarterectomy, carotid artery surgery) is a surgical procedure used to open a blocked or narrowed carotid artery located in the neck. This procedure is used to ...

The recently approved device simplifies operator manipulations by loading a balloon and filter onto the stent.

As atherosclerosis affects the whole body, people with mesenteric artery narrowing often have other cardiovascular conditions such as carotid artery disease ... helps prevent the formation of scar ...