Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a large vessel vasculitis with devastating visual consequences if left untreated. Classically, GCA has a predilection for the short posterior ciliary arteries which ...

Results Video recordings of the microangioscope show the versatility of the camera mounted on different microcatheters and its ability to navigate external carotid artery branches. The microangioscope ...

The left ICA was filling via retrograde collaterals from the vertebral artery to the external carotid artery (ECA ... help with final tissue reperfusion due to thrombolysis of distal branch occlusions ...

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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

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

European research led by University College London (UCL), together with Amsterdam UMC and the University of Basel shows that a significant proportion of patients who suffer a stroke due to carotid ...

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 ...