A small study found that fatty buildup in the blood vessels of the neck (carotid arteries) may contain 50 times or more micronanoplastics -- minuscule bits of plastic -- compared to arteries free of ...

People with plaque in the blood vessels of their neck have a higher amount of tiny plastic particles in those vessels compared to people with healthy arteries.

Research HighlightsA small study found that fatty buildup in the blood vessels of the neck (carotid arteries) may contain 50 times or more ...

57 micrograms/gram) in plaque from people who had experienced stroke, mini-stroke or temporary loss of vision due to blockage ... blindness (called amaurosis fugax). About one-third of the samples ...

He was a 10 pack-year smoker and his medications included low-dose aspirin, which was prescribed, 2 years prior, following an episode of amaurosis fugax in the same eye ... provide insights into the ...

Patients with stroke or retinal artery occlusion as presenting event were more often clinically stable than patients with TIA or amaurosis fugax as presenting event (p = 0.004, chi-squared test ...