Endarterectomy (also called carotid endarterectomy, carotid artery surgery) is a surgical procedure used to open a blocked or narrowed carotid artery located in the neck. This procedure is used to ...

Your face and neck may feel warm or flushed when this happens, but this usually goes away after a short time. Your doctor will pass the Embolic Protection System into the carotid artery to help ...

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

Various conditions can lead to carotid artery neck pain. For instance, some people experience carotidynia, which is inflammation of the blood vessels. Carotid artery dissection can also cause pain ...

A new predictive model developed by Ochsner Health helps clinicians make real-time decisions for patients who had a stroke ...

Atherosclerotic carotid artery stenosis is relatively frequent ... and stenting have increasingly been used as an alternative to surgery. Although these endovascular techniques have the advantage ...

we perform transfemoral carotid stenting if indicated and are a Silk Road “Center of Excellence” in Transcarotid Artery Revascularization (TCAR). Please look at our website for information on our ...

In addition to TCAR, FMC offers several procedures to treat carotid artery stenosis. “TCAR is a cutting-edge technology in the field of vascular surgery,” Dr. Hernandez said. “The procedure ...

Stroke is a major global health challenge, ranking as the second leading cause of death worldwide and the fifth in the United ...

A team of doctors including neurologists, interventional radiologists, and neurosurgeons decided to use a minimally invasive approach called endovascular intervention. In this, a specialised device is ...