The carotid artery refers to the artery in the neck that runs from the heart to the brain, and about 80% of the blood to the ...

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 years ...

ACAS = Asymptomatic Carotid Atherosclerosis Study; ACST = Asymptomatic Carotid Surgery Trial; CAVATAS = Carotid and Vertebral Artery Transluminal ... Severe Carotid Stenosis; ICSS = International ...

Carotid Endarterectomy surgery involves exposing the carotid artery in the neck ... Figure 3a: Neck angiogram lateral (side) view of the left carotid artery. There is severe stenosis or narrowing of ...

The safest and most effective treatment for symptomatic vertebral artery stenosis has not yet been ... To date, the Carotid and Vertebral Artery Transluminal Angioplasty Study (CAVATAS) 3 is ...

Carotid artery disease, also called carotid artery stenosis, occurs when the carotid arteries, the main blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood to the brain, become narrowed. The narrowing of the ...

David Strosberg, MD, MS, RPVI, is a researcher and assistant professor of surgery in the Vascular ... to complex aortic disease, carotid artery stenosis, critical limb ischemia, limb preservation ...