The most effective treatment for carotid artery stenosis is carotid endarterectomy (CEA). To date, randomized trials of this procedure versus best medical care have excluded patients aged 80 years ...

Doctors might be able to use a new scoring system to avoid unnecessary surgery to prevent strokes, a new study shows.

Microplastics and nanoplastics from degraded consumer products have been found in neck artery plaque, with the highest ...

European research led by University College London (UCL), together with Amsterdam UMC and the University of Basel, shows that ...

TCAR is a minimally invasive procedure for carotid artery disease that reduces stroke risk during surgery. The procedure allows for smaller incisions and temporarily reverses blood flow to protect the ...

However, this test involves a more invasive diagnostic procedure (similar to a heart catheterization) and is often only needed if the other types of tests do not provide clear ... carotid artery ...

More recently, carotid artery stenting (CAS) has emerged as a less invasive alternative for revascularization. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether an increase in stenting ...

European research led by University College London (UCL), together with Amsterdam UMC and the University of Basel shows that a significant proportion of patients who suffer a stroke due to carotid ...

six people whose arteries were more than 80% filled with plaque and who had surgery to clear it but never had symptoms; and seven people whose carotid arteries were more than 50% filled with ...

THURSDAY, April 24, 2025 (HeathDay News) -- Doctors might be able to use a new scoring system to avoid unnecessary surgery to prevent ... A new system called the Carotid Artery Risk (CAR) score ...

Patients with low or moderate risk forewent surgery and instead took meds and ... A new system called the Carotid Artery Risk (CAR) score can identify patients who would be better treated with ...