Carotid stenosis is also known as carotid disease and carotid atherosclerosis. The cerebrovascular neurosurgeons at Baylor Medicine and Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center in Houston, Texas, specialize ...

26, 2004 -- Computed tomographic angiography (CTA) has a high sensitivity and negative predictive value for carotid stenosis ... room settings at present. IV contrast injection requires consent ...

BOSTON (CBS) - An increasing number of people are being diagnosed with narrowing or stenosis of the carotid artery. Such narrowing can result in a decreased amount of blood going to the brain ...

Patients with carotid stenosis at high risk for stroke face a difficult decision ... lower fluoroscopy times and contrast volume, a lower likelihood of a prolonged hospital stay, and increased ...

Applied during the surgery for people averaging 80% internal carotid artery stenosis, sonolysis resulted in reductions in 30-day: Combined ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attack (TIA), and ...

In contrast to these data ... In general, patients with an asymptomatic carotid stenosis have a lower annual risk of stroke without surgery than patients with symptomatic carotid disease.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Significant differences in vessel density, foveal avascular zone area and RNFL thickness were reported ...

Photomicrographs of the right extracranial internal carotid artery (Panels A, B, and C) show a dissection within the outer layers of the tunica media, resulting in stenosis of the arterial lumen (L).

A contrast dye may also be used to highlight the arteries. If a patient is diagnosed with carotid artery disease, treatment is then initiated. The treatment will depend on how severe the stenosis ...

Carotid artery stenosis refers to a narrowing of the carotid ... s arm or leg and guided towards the carotid arteries. A contrast dye is then passed through the catheter and X-ray images of ...