Carotid artery disease is similar to coronary artery disease, in which blockages occur in the arteries of the heart, and may cause a heart attack. The main supply of blood to the brain is carried by ...

According to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention, carotid artery disease is responsible for up to one-third of all ...

A case study on intravascular lithotripsy for the treatment of calcified carotid disease to demonstrate technical feasibility ...

The artery connects the internal carotid and the posterior cerebral arteries. Its role is to provide blood ... The posterior cerebral arteries branch off from the basilar artery.

People with plaque in the blood vessels of their neck have a higher amount of tiny plastic particles in those vessels compared to people with healthy arteries.

PSVs and end-diastolic velocities of the ICA and common carotid artery were recorded. Patients with PSVs of the ICA of > 140 cm/s underwent carotid computed tomographic (CT) angiography.