In the fully-adjusted model, women with obesity and metabolic syndrome had a 0.009 mm higher predicted carotid artery intima-media thickness than those with metabolic syndrome alone and a 0.025 mm ...

The carotid arteries provide oxygen-rich blood to the brain and other parts of the head. In this article, learn more about their function and carotid artery disease.

Carotid artery disease is a condition that causes a wax-like material to build up inside the carotid arteries inside your neck. Carotid artery disease is a serious health problem. It’s one of the ...

What evaluation is necessary with Horner syndrome and how urgently should it be ... Third-order Horner syndromes point to lesions of the internal carotid artery such as dissection or cavernous ...

TUPELO — Carotid artery disease, a progressive buildup of calcium deposits and cholesterol in the primary artery supplying blood to the brain, poses a risk of stroke, but there are a few ways to ...

Filmmaker and actor Rakesh Roshan shared that both his carotid arteries were above 75 per cent blocked, which could have been ...

Rakesh Roshan recently underwent a preventive procedure after he found out that both of his carotid arteries to the brain ...

A 28 year-old woman presented with right head and neck pain with a right Horner's syndrome. Carotid Artery Dissection: Right Carotid Angiograms. Note on the angiogram the abrupt tapering and "string ...

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 ...

Carotid Artery Dissection: (Left) Right Carotid Angiogram; (Right) Axial CT scan 3 days after the fall. Note on ... There is a higher incidence in certain congenital connective tissue disorders, ...

DESCRIBED originally by Contorni1 in 1960 and christened by the editors of this journal,2 the subclavian-steal syndrome ... but it can also materialize in the ipsilateral carotid artery. 7 ...