Microplastics and nanoplastics from degraded consumer products have been found in neck artery plaque, with the highest ...

Ischemic stroke remains one of the leading causes of death and long-term disability worldwide, with narrowing of the carotid artery due to atherosclerosis contributing to up to 30% of all cases.

Doctors might be able to use a new scoring system to avoid unnecessary surgery to prevent strokes, a new study shows.

Ischemic stroke remains one of the leading causes of death and long-term disability worldwide, with narrowing of the carotid ...

Researchers examined the clinical features, radiological findings, and treatment outcomes of patients with symptomatic mild carotid stenosis, seeking to improve current medical guidelines for the ...

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

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 ...

JOHN DAY – Grant County Sheriff Todd McKinley is recovering after tightness in his left arm and shoulder led to the discovery ...

It begins at the left ventricle, extends upward through the chest to form an arch, and continues downward, eventually branching into the iliac arteries just above the ... magnetic resonance imaging ...

Background: Extracranial internal carotid ... opposite carotid artery. Two-dimensional real-time imaging was performed to scan the transverse section first and then the longitudinal section. The CTA ...

Background: Internal carotid artery occlusion (ICAO) is a relatively uncommon but ... Patients were diagnosed by Doppler ultrasound, computed tomography (CT) angiography (CTA), magnetic resonance (MR) ...