Thousands of people have avoided strokes by opting for preemptive surgery that removes a coating of hard plaque from the inside of a vital neck artery. A new study finds that this surgery has ...

SAN ANTONIO — Two techniques for opening neck arteries, one surgical and one using a catheter, offer similar long-term effectiveness in preventing strokes and heart attacks, a large trial showed. But ...

One of the health screening tests that organizations sometimes offer to members of the public is an ultrasound test of the carotid arteries. There are two carotid arteries, one on each side of the ...

Carotid stenosis severity serves as a predictor for cognitive impairment independent of white matter lesions and traditional vascular risk factors.

The most common cause of carotid artery narrowing is a buildup of plaque in the arteries due to multiple risk factors such as smoking, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, family history and ...

Most of the patients who had carotid revascularization for asymptomatic carotid disease were diagnosed on the basis of carotid imaging tests ordered for uncertain or inappropriate indications, ...

St. Luke's Medical Center (SLMC) - home of the Texas Heart® Institute (THI) - announced that they have treated the first eight patients in Texas in a multi-center, clinical trial of a new carotid ...

Most of the patients who had carotid revascularization for asymptomatic carotid disease were diagnosed on the basis of carotid imaging tests ordered for uncertain or inappropriate indications, ...