The carotid arteries are two large blood vessels in a person’s neck. If these arteries become blocked, a person may require surgery, also known as a carotid endarterectomy, to remove the blockage. A ...

Improving blood flow to the brain by opening a narrowed neck artery may not improve patients' cognitive skills, according to a preliminary late-breaking science presentation at the American Stroke ...

A carotid endarterectomy removes plaque from one of two arteries that move blood to your head in order to prevent complications. You have two carotid arteries in your neck that bring blood into your ...

Carotid stent surgery is one of two procedures that can be used to treat carotid artery stenosis. This procedure is considered a less invasive option with a faster recovery time. However, it does have ...

CREST-2 may end routine CEA for asymptomatic carotid stenosis, but its message is nuanced, raising new questions about ...

To determine whether the presence of embolic signals during a 1-hour TCD recording predicts short-term risk of stroke. Endpoints were ipsilateral stroke, and combined ipsilateral stroke and TIA.