Q: I'm worried about carotid artery disease — what symptoms should I watch for? A: Carotid artery disease often develops silently but can present symptoms such as sudden weakness or numbness on ...

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Carotid percutaneous transluminal angioplasty/stenting has become an accepted treatment modality for carotid artery stenosis in high-risk patients. There has been an ongoing debate regarding which ...

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Cardiology was consulted who attribute this to carotid artery dissection. The carotid sinus is a neurovascular structure located at the bifurcation of the common carotid artery and extending into the ...

In these patients, the carotid arteries may be occluded or involved ... the complexity of intervention is determined by the anatomical location of the lesion being treated. The vertebral artery ...

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To noninvasively estimate cerebral blood flow volume, a prospective study of color duplex sonography of the common, external, and internal carotid arteries and vertebral arteries of healthy adults was ...

Neck stretches are easy and beneficial exercises for improving circulation in the carotid arteries. Simply tilting your head from side to side and front to back can help loosen tight neck muscles ...

Objective To report a multi-institutional experience using this BGC for proximal flow control (PFC) in the setting of carotid artery angioplasty/stenting (CAS) in elective (eCAS) and tandem strokes ...

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