In the Netherlands, about 2,000 people with carotid artery stenosis are operated on every year after they have had a stroke. Thirty years ago, large studies showed that an operation in which a ...

A NSW hospital becomes the first in Australia to offer a new stroke-prevention treatment that has been available in the ...

Improvements in medical therapy, carotid-artery stenting, and carotid endarterectomy call into question the preferred management of asymptomatic carotid stenosis. Whether adding revascularization to ...

August 27, 2009 — Hispanic patients have almost double the rates of death and stroke compared with white patients 30 days after carotid endarterectomy (CEA), a new study shows. "This is quite ...

In the Netherlands, about 2,000 people with carotid artery stenosis are operated on every year after they have had a stroke. 30 years ago, large studies showed that an operation, in which a narrowing ...

WASHINGTON -- The Neuroguard carotid stent system, with its integrated embolic filter, continued to show good results at 2 years for people with carotid artery stenosis deemed poor candidates for ...

Iconic country singer Ronnie McDowell shared a hopeful update following surgery to clear plaque from his carotid artery, just weeks after suffering a stroke during a concert. McDowell, 75, was ...

A risky carotid artery operation, currently still the standard treatment for many patients, may then no longer be necessary for this group of patients. This research, published in The Lancet Neurology ...