February is heart month, a time to think about the health of your and your loved ones’ arteries. If arteries get stressed by bad genes; bad habits (such as sedentary lifestyle, unhealthy diet, or ...

In the first large randomized trial to prospectively assess cognition, carotid revascularization shows no cognitive advantage over intensive medical therapy alone.

Neither stenting nor endarterectomy provided a boost versus medical therapy alone in patients with asymptomatic stenosis.

Carotid revascularization did not lead to better cognitive performance compared with intensive medical therapy alone, according ...

Improving blood flow to the brain by opening a narrowed neck artery may not improve patients' cognitive skills, according to ...

February is heart month. Almost all heart attacks are preventable, but unfortunately, they remain the number one cause of ...

A mortality rate of 32% at 2 years after carotid artery stenting (CAS) in a new study has raised concerns about the risk-benefit of this procedure, especially in older patients. The researchers, led ...

Carotid artery stenosis or coronary artery disease refers to a narrowing of the carotid arteries, which are the major arteries in the neck that supply the brain with blood from the heart. A common ...

Imaging modalities have been developed to assess atherosclerosis in vivo in the arterial wall because large clinical end-point studies are time-consuming and costly. Historically, in-hospital ...

Background Low socioeconomic status (SES) is linked to increased cardiovascular risk, but its association with carotid atherosclerosis in the general population is less well studied. We examined ...

Since its inception, carotid artery stenting for patients with carotid artery stenosis has been underutilized in the United States, mainly due to limited reimbursement. Now, 10-year results of the ...

Procedures that remove plaque from a narrowed carotid artery in the neck or prop the artery open with a stent did not appear ...