along the internal carotid artery (ICA) had been described in early clinicopathological studies, yet related, large-scale data is lack despite the widespread utilization of angiography. This study ...

‘occlusion of the carotid artery’), local board-certified neuroradiologists reassessed source imaging data and classified the patient’s exact occlusion site. The study sample was divided into three ...

In these patients, the carotid arteries may be occluded ... location of the lesion being treated. The vertebral artery is divided into four segments (V1–V4; Figure 1). The V1 segment originates ...

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 ...

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 ...

Background Challenging anatomy for carotid artery access can result in a delay to achieve successful recanalization in patients with acute ischemic stroke. Our objective was to study emergent direct ...

LOS ANGELES -- For patients with large vessel occlusion (LVO) strokes, researchers found ways to make adjunctive ...

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 ...

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 ...