Medically reviewed by Anju Goel, MD Renal artery stenosis is the narrowing of one or both blood vessels to the kidneys. The renal arteries bring blood from the heart to the kidneys to help filter ...

Immediate and long-term outcome of carotid endarterectomy is comparable to results at other major centers. Stenosis of the external carotid artery as detected by duplex scan occurred in 5.5% of ...

Opens in a new tab or window Sonolysis, an application of therapeutic ultrasound, reduced periprocedural cerebrovascular events during carotid endarterectomy. The safety profile of sonolysis was ...

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 ...

"It has the potential to make carotid endarterectomy safer with a higher benefit for patients with carotid stenosis compared with the best medical treatment, especially in patients with ...

Applying ultrasound to help break up thrombus during carotid endarterectomy reduces adverse neurological ... with symptomatic or asymptomatic internal carotid artery stenosis ≥ 70% to either sonolysis ...