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 ...

Carotid Artery Ultrasound Doppler Scan - This is a noninvasive diagnostic test that uses ultrasound to detect narrowing of the arteries in the neck and can estimate the degree of narrowing or ...

Carotid artery disease, also called carotid artery stenosis, occurs when the carotid arteries, the main blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood to the brain, become narrowed. The narrowing of the ...

The technology, the Neurogard IEP System, is an FDA-approved device designed to reduce the risk of stroke during and after ...

The carotid artery refers to the artery in the neck that runs from the heart to the brain, and about 80% of the blood to the ...

Patients with PSVs of the stented artery of > 140 cm/s underwent carotid computed tomographic (CT) angiography and/or conventional carotid arteriograms to verify the presence of in-stent restenosis.