Actor Saif Ali Khan shared details of a near-fatal attack at his residence, revealing he has 30 scars on his neck and narrowly avoided damage to critical blood vessels. The knife penetrated close ...

and location of the thrombus. There is limited experience with the use of closure devices for carotid artery sheath removal in the current literature. Use of the Angio-Seal (St Jude Medical, St Paul, ...

Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is widely used to treat carotid artery stenosis (CAS). However, the effects of CEA on unilateral CAS‐induced cognitive impairment and the underlying mechanism remain ...

Background: Around 9–15% of ischemic strokes are related to internal carotid artery (ICA)-stenosis ≥50%. However, the extent to which ICA-stenosis <50% causes ischemic cerebrovascular events is ...

Background Occlusion of the internal carotid artery (ICA) may extend into the middle or anterior cerebral artery (ICA-T) or be confined to the intracranial (ICA-I) or extracranial segment (ICA-E).

PhD Defense: Biomarkers in Carotid and Peripheral Artery Disease; Unravelling pieces of the complex atherosclerotic puzzle ...

This article was originally posted Dec. 8, 2014. It has been updated. There are many things in medicine that are merely a matter of preference or style. How to check a patient’s pulse is not one ...

Carotid sinus hypersensitivity is rarely diagnosed before age 50 and is more common in men than women. Men with heart conditions such as hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, coronary artery disease and ...

Objective: To investigate the clinical efficacy and safety of flow diverter device (FDD) in the treatment of tandem aneurysms in the internal carotid artery. Materials and methods: This study was a ...

Kauvery Hospital, Alwarpet, successfully treated 54-year-old woman who was admitted with a life-threatening bleed in the ...

Carotid artery stenting (CAS) is an alternative treatment for patients with carotid artery stenosis who are not eligible for carotid endarterectomy. Dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) after CAS aims to ...