Ischemic stroke remains one of the leading causes of death and long-term disability worldwide, with narrowing of the carotid ...

Carotid artery narrowing due to atherosclerosis (a condition known as atherosclerotic carotid stenosis) contributes to up to ...

Ischemic stroke remains one of the leading causes of death and long-term disability worldwide, with narrowing of the carotid artery due to atherosclerosis contributing to up to 30% of all cases.

A case study on intravascular lithotripsy for the treatment of calcified carotid disease to demonstrate technical feasibility ...

Doctors might be able to use a new scoring system to avoid unnecessary surgery to prevent strokes, a new study shows.

Researchers have tested a new scoring system to measure the risk of stroke in patients with narrow arteries due to ...

Tiny pieces of plastic are infiltrating the large arteries in the neck that carry blood from the heart to the head, with the ...

A small study found that fatty buildup in the blood vessels of the neck (carotid arteries) may contain 50 times or more micronanoplastics -- minuscule bits of plastic -- compared to arteries free of ...

According to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention, carotid artery disease is responsible for up to one-third of all strokes.

People with plaque in the blood vessels of their neck have a higher amount of tiny plastic particles in those vessels compared to people with healthy arteries.

Penumbra recently announced the introduction of the Red 72 Silver Label large-bore reperfusion catheter with SendIt technology. T ...