(UPDATED) Over the long term, patients with asymptomatic severe carotid stenosis who are already on good medical therapy fare comparably well whether the artery is opened with stenting or surgery, ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: What could precipitate a need to check an 83-year-old man’s carotid arteries for blockage? What percentage of blockage would necessitate surgery? -- W.M. ANSWER: There are two carotid ...

The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) announced findings from a new study showing lower long-term stroke and stroke or death rate ...

Carotid stenting is a procedure in which a surgeon treats plaque from the carotid arteries and inserts a stent to hold them open. It is a minimally invasive treatment for carotid artery stenosis. The ...

The researchers think that in the future this will be the group that may still have to undergo surgery. In this way, every patient with a stroke due to carotid artery narrowing can receive a ...

The carotid arteries are two large blood vessels in a person’s neck. If these arteries become blocked, a person may require surgery, also known as a carotid endarterectomy, to remove the blockage. A ...

Long-term results from the largest randomized trial of stenting and surgery have shown that the procedures are equally protective against stroke resulting from carotid artery disease. The results were ...

Carotid revascularization is associated with a significantly lower risk for incident seizures or epilepsy among patients with carotid stenosis.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Middlesex Health’s vascular surgeons are using the Diagnostic & Interventional Suite at Middlesex Hospital to help patients with carotid artery disease. The suite, which was ...

A team of ENT and Head and Neck surgeons at the Mahatma Gandhi Hospital here has successfully performed a highly complex ...

A team of ENT and Head and Neck surgeons at the Mahatma Gandhi Hospital here has successfully performed a highly complex ...