Atherosclerotic carotid artery stenosis is relatively frequent in older patients and is a major cause of disabling stroke or death. Carotid endarterectomy is currently considered the standard of ...

Data from randomized controlled studies regarding the efficacy of carotid endarterectomy in older patients are limited. NASCET, for instance, was limited to patients aged <80 years and only 14% of ...

Figure 3a: Neck angiogram lateral (side) view of the left carotid artery. There is severe stenosis or narrowing of the internal carotid artery (red arrow) at its origin. Figure 3b: Lateral view of the ...

Carotid artery disease, also called carotid artery stenosis, occurs when the carotid arteries ... There are four carotid arteries: the right and left internal carotid arteries and the right and left ...

The safest and most effective treatment for symptomatic vertebral artery stenosis has not yet been ... To date, the Carotid and Vertebral Artery Transluminal Angioplasty Study (CAVATAS) 3 is ...

Auscultation of the heart in patients with aortic stenosis ... delayed (tardus) carotid upstroke. To asses for "parvus," it is often helpful to palpate one’s own carotid artery while ...

He specializes in Internal medicine ... the arteries can become narrow, called carotid artery stenosis. Carotid artery disease can cause strokes and TIAs (described below), though it does not ...

A vascular murmur sound heard with a stethoscope over the carotid artery ... high rate of blood flow through an unobstructed artery. A stenosis (from Ancient Greek στενός, "narrow") is ...