Aims: The effect of carotid endarterectomy on the patency of the external carotid artery is unknown. We conducted a retrospective study to evaluate the long-term changes in the external carotid ...

Carotid artery disease, also called carotid artery stenosis ... There are four carotid arteries: the right and left internal carotid arteries and the right and left external carotid arteries. One pair ...

The image to the right (Figure 1) shows an image of a carotid artery in the neck where it divides into the artery of the external carotid artery (smaller vessel on the right) and the internal carotid ...

and branching pattern of the ophthalmic artery are discussed. The external carotid artery normally contributes only to a small extent to the orbital blood supply via the infraorbital artery and ...

Each carotid artery branches into an internal and external carotid artery. The internal carotid artery then branches into the cerebral arteries. This structure allows all of the blood from the two ...

Archie et al [14] reported 9% of patients had severe (>70%) stenosis of the external carotid artery following carotid endarterectomy; and found that the repair of severely stenosed or occluded ...

Each of these arteries separates into an external and internal carotid artery leading up to the brain. Plaque is a combination of fat, calcium, cholesterol, and other substances. Over time ...