The purpose of this commentary is to critically examine the CREST-2 results, discuss their implications for clinical decision-making for asymptomatic carotid artery disease, and guide clinicians ...

Eric Shuman, the Director of Operations for Life Guard Imaging, and Laura Atkins, Life Guard Imaging Ultrasound Technologist, ...

The study makes it clear there is little to no benefit from elective surgery. If a doctor tells you that they have discovered a narrowing in your carotid artery, maybe tell them you will take the ...

Improvements in medical therapy, carotid-artery stenting, and carotid endarterectomy call into question the preferred management of asymptomatic carotid stenosis. Whether adding revascularization to ...

The carotid arteries, which are located on either side of your neck, provide your face and brain with the oxygen-rich blood they need to function properly. Without this blood flow, your brain cells ...

A carotid endarterectomy removes plaque from one of two arteries that move blood to your head in order to prevent complications. You have two carotid arteries in your neck that bring blood into your ...

Use of portable B-mode ultrasound to examine the iliofemoral and carotid arteries enabled the identification of more subclinical atherosclerotic disease compared with carotid evaluation alone. B-mode ...

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 ...

For patients with high-grade carotid stenosis without recent symptoms, the addition of stenting is associated with a reduced risk for a composite of perioperative stroke or death or ipsilateral stroke ...