"Outcomes through 30 days and 1 year include the lowest 1-year stroke rates reported for any prospective, multicenter pivotal ...

Atherosclerotic carotid artery stenosis is relatively frequent in older patients and is a major cause of disabling stroke or death. Carotid endarterectomy is currently considered the standard of ...

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 ...

aimed to tackle this knowledge gap via their "Mild but Unstable Stenosis of Internal Carotid Artery (MUSIC)" study. This multicenter prospective cohort study, which was published online on ...

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 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 ...