Carotid Artery Ultrasound Doppler Scan - This is a noninvasive diagnostic test that uses ultrasound to detect narrowing of the arteries in the neck and can estimate the degree of narrowing or ...

A 4 year-old-boy is recovering after a metal straw pierced an artery in his neck ... this [injury]" after scans showed complete loss of blood flow to Charlie's right carotid artery which limited ...

The carotid arteries branch off from the aorta (the largest artery in the body) a short distance from the heart, and extend upward through the neck carrying oxygen-rich blood to the brain. There are ...

Pilot studies have shown it may reduce the risk of cerebrovascular events during interventions that include carotid endarterectomy or stenting, coronary artery stenting, or cardiac surgery. Školoudík ...

A risky carotid artery operation ... risk of a new stroke due to accumulations in the carotid artery. This could be seen on the MRI scans that the participating patients received after two ...

JOHN DAY – Grant County Sheriff Todd McKinley is recovering after tightness in his left arm and shoulder led to the discovery ...

More recently, carotid artery stenting (CAS) has emerged as a less invasive alternative for revascularization. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether an increase in stenting ...

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 ...