There were 255 carotid endarterectomies on 236 patients (143 males). The median age was 72 years (range 52-92). Median hospital stay was 3 days. Mean follow up with duplex ultrasound scan 3 years ...

Carotid artery disease, also called carotid artery stenosis ... There are four carotid arteries: the right and left internal carotid arteries and the right and left external carotid arteries. One pair ...

The recently approved device simplifies operator manipulations by loading a balloon and filter onto the stent.

The most common cause of carotid artery narrowing is a buildup of plaque in the arteries due to multiple risk factors such as smoking, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, family history and ...

Archie et al [14] reported 9% of patients had severe (>70%) stenosis of the external carotid artery following carotid endarterectomy; and found that the repair of severely stenosed or occluded ...