In the present study we used mean aggregate IMT of the extracranial arteries (altogether 12 sites: two at each right and left common carotid artery, the bifurcation ... Also, other investigators have ...

Unilateral carotid common artery occlusion and ligation release (reperfusion) surgeries were performed in mice to mimic CAS and CEA. Cognitive function, cerebral blood flow, and white matter damage ...

as well as the duration of cannulation from the radial to the targeted common carotid artery, were significantly higher in the right TRA group. Although there was no significant difference in the ...

Carotid sinus hypersensitivity is rarely diagnosed before age 50 and is more common in men than women. Men with heart conditions such as hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, coronary artery disease and ...

Figure 2. Flow chart showing the inclusion and exclusion criteria for patients enrolled in the present study. CA, carotid artery; CCA, common carotid artery; ICA, internal carotid artery; TIA, ...

Anatomical variants associated with technically challenging carotid access have been extensively described in the literature, mostly in conjunction with cases of CAS.8,9 Such variants include any of ...

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Background Occlusion of the internal carotid artery (ICA) may extend into the middle or anterior cerebral artery (ICA-T) or be confined to the intracranial (ICA-I) or extracranial segment (ICA-E).

The left subclavian artery receives oxygenated blood from the aortic arch (the top portion of the largest artery in the body that carries blood away from the heart). The right subclavian artery ...

Robin Eaton wants women to trust their gut when it comes to their heart. In November 2023, the 46-year-old survived a spontaneous coronary artery dissection, or SCAD — a less common type of ...