A common genetic pathway may account for increased risk for atherosclerotic disease in patients with chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain.

Background Carotid web (CaW) is a risk factor for ischemic stroke, mainly in young patients with stroke of undetermined etiology. Its detection is challenging, especially among non-experienced ...

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 ...

The remaining 8% (23,065) of records coded directly or indirectly for carotid artery stenting. There was an overall increase in the use of stenting over the study period, from a low of 9 ...

Carotid artery variants are extremely uncommon and are often incidental. We present a case where imaging revealed rare congenital absence of right internal carotid with distal segments arising from ...

Abstract: The segmentation and classification of carotid plaques in ultrasound images play important roles in the treatment of atherosclerosis and assessment for the risk of stroke. Although deep ...

Arteriosclerotic plaques in the carotid artery can be diagnosed by a variety of imaging methods, such as ultrasound, CTA, MRI, DSA etc., which can achieve qualitative and quantitative analysis of ...

Genetics of subclinical vascular diseases: carotid intima–media thickness & carotid plaque Carotid plaque (CP) and carotid intima–media thickness (cIMT) are markers of subclinical ...

Methods: The clinical and ultrasound features of fibrous pseudotumor of the tunica vaginalis diagnosed by pathology in West China Hospital of Sichuan University from 2006 to 2023 were retrospectively ...

What is carotid angioplasty and stenting? Angioplasty and stenting is a procedure to improve the blood flow in an artery or vein. The carotid artery is a large artery running along each side of your ...

Methods We report out preliminary experience with a real time AI assistance software, Neuro-Vascular Assist (iMed technologies, Tokyo, Japan), in six patients who underwent carotid artery stenting.