Synopsis. 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 ...

Steven P. Posner, MD; Leslie Boxer, MD; Mary Proctor, MS; Gilbert R. Upchurch Jr, MD; James C. Stanley, MD; Peter K. Henke, MD Same-day discharge following CEA may be appealing, but the specifics ...

Aims: The effect of carotid endarterectomy on the patency of the external carotid artery is unknown. We conducted a retrospective study to evaluate the long-term changes in the external carotid ...

Background and Purpose—The outcomes of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) are, in addition to patient baseline characteristics, highly dependent on the safety of the surgical procedure.During the successive ...

Background Cerebral hyperperfusion syndrome (CHS) is an important complication of carotid endarterectomy (CEA), yet prior research has been limited to small cohorts and retrospective analyses, or ...

The relationship between carotid artery disease and stroke was first described by Fisher in 1951,2 and it is estimated that about one-third of ischemic strokes are due to carotid artery thromboembolic ...

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to explore the association between the amount of carotid artery perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) quantified by magnetic resonance imaging and prior cerebral infarction.

St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart is offering a new procedure to treat carotid artery disease. The hospital has launched TransCarotid Artery Revascularization, a minimally invasive and clinically ...

Objective Perioperative stroke associated with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is a catastrophic event. Identification of patients at risk and reduction of its incidence remains of high ...

Antirheumatic indications of prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).

Using data from the Rotterdam Study in the Netherlands, researchers have uncovered that carotid artery plaques can undergo potentially dangerous changes over time in patients without symptoms ...

Quantitative correlation between carotid or lower limb atherosclerosis and coronary ... Bartelink M-LEL, Björck M, Brodmann M, Cohnert T, et al. 2017 ESC Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment of ...