WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — According to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention, carotid artery disease is responsible for up to one-third of all strokes. And 3% of adults over the age ...

A new study found high levels of plastic in the arterial plaque of stroke and vision-loss patients ... He hopes to expand this research beyond the carotid artery and also run some animal ...

A new study has revealed important differences in how carotid artery narrowing, a major risk factor for stroke, affects men and women. Published in Nature Cardiovascular Research, the study found ...

A thrombotic stroke occurs when a blood clot, also called a thrombus, blocks blood flow through the brain artery in which it formed. The clot can disrupt oxygen delivery to the brain, causing ...

central retinal artery (CRA), and short posterior ciliary artery (SPCA). The pattern of missing data was evaluated using the md.pattern() function from the “mice” package in R software to determine ...

Music affects each of us differently. A few notes can trigger memories, bring tears, or evoke euphoria. It’s universal, emotional, and deeply human. But why? What about music influences us so ...

HealthDay News — For patients with mainly mild posterior circulation ischemic stroke who do not receive thrombectomy, alteplase administered at 4.5 to 24 hours after onset results in higher frequency ...

In the Netherlands, about 2,000 people with carotid artery stenosis are operated on every year after they have had a stroke. Thirty years ago, large studies showed that an operation in which a ...

In the Netherlands, about 2,000 people with carotid artery stenosis are operated on every year after they have had a stroke. 30 years ago, large studies showed that an operation, in which a ...

Twenty-five years ago, stroke care in the United States was fragmented, and hospitals, for the most part, weren’t adhering to evidence-based guidelines. The majority of stroke patients arrived ...

suggested a new study that also showed vertebral artery dissection was associated with a significant increase in acute ischemic stroke risk. Researchers included more than 125,000 patients with ...

Like many other arteries, the PCOM is susceptible to aneurysms and damage from trauma, which can lead to stroke or other complications. Radiopaedia. Posterior cerebral artery. Sharma RK, Kumar A, ...