A new study published in Nature Cardiovascular Research found that while carotid artery narrowing can lead to stroke in both ...

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 ...

Playboy model Katie May died in February after a ... noting that his sister’s ‘catastrophic’ stroke was “caused by a blocked carotid artery.” “To the best of my family’s knowledge ...

European research led by University College London (UCL), together with Amsterdam UMC and the University of Basel, shows that ...

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 ...

European research led by University College London (UCL), together with Amsterdam UMC and the University of Basel shows that a significant proportion of patients who suffer a stroke due to carotid ...

Your doctor will pass the Embolic Protection System into the carotid artery to help capture any plaque or particles that could travel into the smaller vessels in the brain. You should not feel any ...

Terumo Neuro (formerly MicroVention) announced today that it received FDA premarket approval (PMA) for its Carotid Stent ...