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

Procedures that remove plaque from a narrowed carotid artery in the neck or prop the artery open with a stent did not appear ...

Neither stenting nor endarterectomy provided a boost versus medical therapy alone in patients with asymptomatic stenosis.

The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) continues to recommend against screening the general adult population for asymptomatic carotid stenosis, maintaining its stance from 2014. “The USPSTF ...

There is not enough evidence from contemporary clinical trials to make firm recommendations for interventional approaches, such as stenting and endarterectomy, in asymptomatic carotid stenosis, a new ...

New research shows that with more intensive medical therapy, the risk of stroke has become so low that at least 95 percent of patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis would be better off with ...

Stenting has increasingly been used for the treatment of carotid artery stenosis, although it is still unknown whether it is as safe and successful as carotid endarterectomy. Several studies have been ...

The carotid artery is the artery that a person feels when they touch their neck and feel their heartbeat. This artery supplies blood from the heart to the brain. This artery is of paramount importance ...

Sonolysis, an application of therapeutic ultrasound, reduced periprocedural cerebrovascular events during carotid endarterectomy. The safety profile of sonolysis was supported by a reported lack of ...

Improving blood flow to the brain by opening a narrowed neck artery may not improve patients' cognitive skills, according to ...

Carotid artery stenosis or coronary artery disease refers to a narrowing of the carotid arteries, which are the major arteries in the neck that supply the brain with blood from the heart. A common ...

Procedures that remove plaque from a narrowed carotid artery in the neck or prop the artery open with a stent did not appear to be better at improving cognitive function than medi ...