According to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention, carotid artery disease is responsible for up to one-third of all ...

One person dies every 33 seconds from heart disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A case study on intravascular lithotripsy for the treatment of calcified carotid disease to demonstrate technical feasibility ...

People with plaque in the blood vessels of their neck have a higher amount of tiny plastic particles in those vessels compared to people with healthy arteries.

Carotid artery disease: That’s the blood vessel snaking up your neck to the brain. When its walls are blocked by fatty plaque, it can lead to a stroke, but treatment options and outcomes are ...

TCAR is a minimally invasive procedure for carotid artery disease that reduces stroke risk during surgery. The procedure allows for smaller incisions and temporarily reverses blood flow to protect ...

Interv Cardiol. 2009;1(1):41-49. Carotid artery stenting (CAS) and carotid endarterectomy (CEA) can be considered as being complementary and not competitive: well thought out treatment allocation ...

The study has several limitations. It cannot prove that micronanoplastics in plaque were the cause of symptoms of carotid artery disease; micronanoplastics might be a sign of another health issue ...

The study has several limitations. It cannot prove that micronanoplastics in plaque were the cause of symptoms of carotid artery disease; micronanoplastics might be a sign of another health issue ...

A small study found that fatty buildup in the blood vessels of the neck (carotid arteries) may contain 50 times or more micronanoplastics minuscule bits of plastic compared to arteries free of ...