This content is sponsored by MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Although the prevalence of carotid artery stenosis, or carotid artery disease, in the U.S. is low (3%), the outcome of not treating the ...

A slightly overweight 74-year-old man with high cholesterol and other comorbidities has previously received multiple carotid ultrasound exams revealing up to 50% stenosis, and he tells you he’s ...

Carotid artery stenosis screening still can't be recommended in the absence of symptoms, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concluded. No "substantial" evidence has turned up in the ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Doctors have long known that patients with carotid artery stenosis, narrowed blood vessels in the neck, are at significant risk for a stroke. The condition has severe implications.

Carotid artery disease is a common cause of stroke. It occurs when plaque builds up inside the carotid arteries. These are the arteries that supply oxygen-rich blood to the brain. There are two large ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Motion analysis of video recorded on a smartphone accurately identified carotid artery stenosis in adults, ...

WASHINGTON, DC — The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) today published a final recommendation advising against screening the general adult population to detect asymptomatic carotid artery ...

Carotid artery surgery and stenting have comparable long-term effects on fatal or disabling stroke in asymptomatic patients with severe carotid artery stenosis. That's the finding of late breaking ...

The objective of the study was to compare %S based on US with %S based on velocity-related estimations. Two sets of data were construed. The first data set was used to quantify the relationship ...

A risky carotid artery operation, currently still the standard treatment for many patients, may then no longer be necessary for this group of patients. This research, published in The Lancet Neurology ...

In the ACST-2 trial, non-procedural fatal or disabling stroke occurred in 2.5% of patients in both groups -- those assigned to carotid stenting and those who underwent carotid endarterectomy, for a ...