Your arteries play an important role in your cardiovascular health, transporting blood from the heart to all of the body's ...

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 ...

The most common cause of carotid artery narrowing is a buildup of plaque in the arteries due to multiple risk factors such as smoking, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, family history and ...

Treatment methods There are three methods for treating carotid artery disease, Neill said. The first, a carotid endarterectomy, has been used for decades and involves cutting along the neck ...

CEA = carotid endarterectomy; CI = confidence interval.