There are four carotid arteries: the right and left internal carotid arteries and the right and left external carotid arteries. One pair (external and internal) is located on each side of the neck.

Your surgeon will perform the procedure through an artery in your ... Your vital signs (heart rate and blood pressure) and the area in which the catheter was inserted will be checked frequently.

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 ... the body. If your pulse pressure ...

February is heart month, a time to think about the health of your and your loved ones’ arteries. If arteries get stressed by ...

February is heart month. Almost all heart attacks are preventable, but in spite of that they remain the number one cause of death in the U.S for both men and women. Last week’s column ...