WASHINGTON -- The Neuroguard carotid stent system, with its integrated embolic filter, continued to show good results at 2 ...

Carotid artery narrowing leads to stroke in both sexes, but symptoms and plaque characteristics differ. Men often develop cardiovascular diseases earlier, with lipid-rich plaques, while women ...

A risky carotid artery operation, currently still the standard treatment for many patients, may then no longer be necessary for this group of patients. This research, published today in the Lancet ...

In this way, every patient with a stroke due to carotid artery narrowing can receive a tailor-made risk-based treatment. That saves many patients a major operation and lowers health care costs.

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

Optimized medical therapy (OMT) is as effective as surgery for carotid revascularization in reducing stroke risk in the majority of patients with carotid artery stenosis, results of a planned ...

The following is a summary of “Serum midkine level and its association with subclinical coronary artery calcification and carotid atherosclerosis in chronic kidney disease,” published in the April ...

The most effective treatment for carotid artery stenosis is carotid endarterectomy (CEA). To date, randomized trials of this procedure versus best medical care have excluded patients aged 80 years ...

On the other hand, many stand-alone screening centers offer ultrasound evaluation of the carotid arteries in ... the difference between aortic valve calcification and aortic stenosis, but an ...