Ischemic stroke remains one of the leading causes of death and long-term disability worldwide, with narrowing of the carotid artery due to atherosclerosis contributing to up to 30% of all cases.

Doctors might be able to use a new scoring system to avoid unnecessary surgery to prevent strokes, a new study shows.

Ischemic stroke remains one of the leading causes of death and long-term disability worldwide, with narrowing of the carotid ...

Researchers examined the clinical features, radiological findings, and treatment outcomes of patients with symptomatic mild carotid stenosis, seeking to improve current medical guidelines for the ...

Micronanoplastics—tiny plastic particles from environmental sources—were found in much higher concentrations in the arteries of people with plaque-related stroke symptoms compared to those with ...

Recent findings published in Nature Cardiovascular Research highlight significant gender-based differences in carotid artery plaques and the associated symptoms of stroke. The study reveals that while ...

Wellington Regional Medical Center has successfully completed its 100th transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR) procedure. TCAR is a minimally invasive procedure for carotid artery disease ...

For patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) due to cervical artery dissection (CAD), endovascular stenting ... National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score, location of dissection (carotid or ...

Houston picks, be sure to check out the college basketball predictions from the SportsLine Projection Model. The model simulates every Division 1 college basketball game 10,000 times. It enters ...

Amazon has upgraded its AI video model, Nova Reel, with the ability to generate videos up to two minutes in length. Nova Reel, announced in December 2024, was Amazon’s first foray into the ...

The final logistic model encompassed four autonomous variables (age ... The presence of degenerated hematoma in the carotid artery (CA) indicates that the occlusion can be uneven and recanalized, and ...

A Tulane study, published in Nature Communications, introduces a new Group Association Model (GAM) that uses machine learning to identify genetic mutations tied to drug resistance. Unlike ...