Aims: The effect of carotid endarterectomy on the patency of the external carotid artery is unknown. We conducted a retrospective study to evaluate the long-term changes in the external carotid ...

The carotid arteries branch off from the aorta (the largest artery in the body) a short distance from the ... the right and left internal carotid arteries and the right and left external carotid ...

The image to the right (Figure 1) shows an image of a carotid artery in the neck where it divides into the artery of the external carotid artery (smaller vessel on the right) and the internal carotid ...

A case study on intravascular lithotripsy for the treatment of calcified carotid disease to demonstrate technical feasibility ...

According to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention, carotid artery disease is responsible for up to one-third of all ...

European research led by University College London (UCL), together with Amsterdam UMC and the University of Basel, shows that ...

The study has several limitations. It cannot prove that micronanoplastics in plaque were the cause of symptoms of carotid artery disease; micronanoplastics might be a sign of another health issue ...