The most common cause of carotid artery narrowing is a buildup of plaque in the arteries due to multiple risk factors such as smoking, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, family history and ...

Two-thirds of strokes are ischemic in origin and 50% of these are associated with severe internal carotid artery disease, which is amenable to surgical intervention. 1 The underlying, predominant ...

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.

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.

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 ...

Carotid percutaneous transluminal angioplasty/stenting has become an accepted treatment modality for carotid artery stenosis in high-risk patients. There has been an ongoing debate regarding which ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — According to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention, carotid artery disease is responsible for up to one-third of all strokes. And 3% of adults over the age ...