The carotid artery is a major blood vessel responsible for supplying blood to your head and neck. When you lie down, its proximity to the ear can amplify the sound of your pulse, similar to a bass ...

Just as a pulse can be felt in the wrists, a pulse can also be felt on either side of the neck over the carotid arteries. Because the carotid arteries deliver blood to the brain, carotid artery ...

More than six million Americans are living with heart failure and over 900,000 new cases are being diagnosed each year. By ...

Diastolic Blood Pressure Pulse pressure is a marker of artery stiffening, especially in elastic arteries near the heart, such as the aorta and carotid arteries. Arteries are blood vessels that ...

A new study published in Nature Cardiovascular Research found that while carotid artery narrowing can lead to stroke in both ...

[10] The carotid artery pulse is classically parvus et tardus: weak and late. Finally the second heart sound may be reduced in intensity. There are three main forms of aortic valve disease ...

European research led by University College London (UCL), together with Amsterdam UMC and the University of Basel, shows that ...

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 ...

Atherosclerosis of the extracranial internal carotid artery (ICA) causes 10–20% of ischaemic strokes.1 As luminal stenosis of the ICA grows, the risk of ischaemic stroke increases,2 and removal of the ...

Frequently, the radial pulse is absent on the left and present ... Neurologic deficits can be seen if the carotid artery is involved or if spinal ischemia is present. Since rapid diagnosis is ...