Baylor College of Medicine4y
Carotid Artery Disease
Carotid artery disease, also called carotid artery stenosis, occurs when the carotid arteries, the main blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood to the brain, become narrowed. The narrowing of the ...
Baylor College of Medicine4y
Carotid Artery Stent Procedure
Your doctor will pass the Embolic Protection System into the carotid artery to help capture any plaque or particles that could travel into the smaller vessels in the brain. You should not feel any ...
Medscape4y
Treatment of Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Internal Carotid Artery Stenosis in Older Adults
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 ...
Medscape12d
Carotid Duplex Velocity Criteria Revisited for the Diagnosis of Carotid In-Stent Restenosis
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 ...
Opinion
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Feinsinger column: February is heart month — find out if you and your loved ones have healthy arteries
Valentine’s Day is coming up; February is officially American Heart Month. Once again, Compass Peak Imaging in Glenwood is offering a special price during February for carotid IMT heart disease ...
Nature1mon
Endovascular treatment of vertebral artery stenosis
To date, the Carotid and Vertebral Artery Transluminal Angioplasty Study (CAVATAS) 3 is the only prospective randomized study comparing best medical therapy with endovascular stenting for patients ...