Carotid artery disease can cause strokes and TIAs (described below), though it does not always cause symptoms. Strokes – A stroke is when a part of the brain dies because it goes without blood ...

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 ...

For patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy, sonolysis is safe and results in a significant reduction in the composite ...

The most effective treatment for carotid artery stenosis is carotid endarterectomy (CEA). To date, randomized trials of this procedure versus best medical care have excluded patients aged 80 years ...

Atherothrombosis is a systemic disease of the arterial wall that affects the carotid, coronary, and peripheral vascular beds, and the aorta. This condition is associated with complications such as ...