Stroke risk from neck artery tears reported to be growing
Strokes caused by an artery tear are landing five times as many Americans in the hospital these days, a new study says.
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Neck artery tear linked to stroke on the rise in U.S. hospitals, study finds
A new study has found a sharp rise in U.S. hospitalizations for a condition called cervical artery dissection—a tear in a ...
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Early Warning Signs of a Blocked Neck Artery-Plus Stroke Prevention Tips
Your arteries play an important role in your cardiovascular health, transporting blood from the heart to all of the body's ...
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Racial and age disparities in cervical artery dissection hospitalizations
Cervical artery dissection is a tear in an artery in the neck that provides blood flow to the brain. Such a tear can result in blood clots that cause stroke. A new study has found almost a five-fold ...
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Carotid Artery Disease
The carotid arteries branch off from the aorta (the largest artery in the body) a short distance from the heart, and extend upward through the neck carrying oxygen-rich blood to the brain. There are ...