'Doubly Protected' Carotid Stenting Makes Stroke Less of a Risk — New stent-filter combination expected to boost carotid artery stenting ...

Carotid artery disease, also called carotid artery stenosis, occurs when the carotid arteries, the main blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood to the brain, become narrowed. The narrowing of the ...

TUPELO — Carotid artery disease, a progressive buildup of calcium deposits and cholesterol in the primary artery supplying blood to the brain, poses a risk of stroke, but there are a few ways to ...

Clot-Busting Ultrasound Gives Carotid Endarterectomy a Step Up — Strokes down after surgery for internal carotid artery stenosis ...

Find out what you need to know about carotid-cavernous fistula, and discover the causes, risks, and treatments, and how it may affect health.

Learn about the benefits of a carotid endarterectomy and what conditions it can treat. This article also looks at risks, recovery, and more.

Carotid endarterectomy is considered a relatively low risk surgery that reduces blockages in your carotid arteries that can increase your risk of stroke.

A doctor has taken to TikTok to warn viewers against neck hickies, as he states a hickey on the carotid artery could cause a stroke.

Using data from the Rotterdam Study in the Netherlands, researchers have uncovered that carotid artery plaques can undergo potentially dangerous changes over time in patients without symptoms ...

A carotid intima-media thickness test uses an ultrasound to create images of your carotid artery. Your doctor will take several measurements of your carotid arteries on each side of your neck.

Revascularization of carotid arteries has always been a challenging procedure, and both carotid surgery and transfemoral carotid stenting can lead to severe complications. Then, in 2015, the FDA ...

Israel-based startup Pylon Medical has recently developed a first-of-its-kind method of treating carotid artery disease, one of the leading risk factors for stroke. The carotid arteries are a pair of ...