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

A carotid ultrasound looks for blockages in the neck’s carotid arteries. These blockages are a risk factor of stroke. Learn more here.

Your internal carotid arteries carry blood to your brain. The most common cause of strokes is when a piece of plaque inside the arteries of your neck breaks loose. Your bloodstream then carries this ...

Carotid Endarterectomy - For patients with significant carotid artery narrowing with or without stroke-like symptoms, surgery may be recommended. Carotid Endarterectomy surgery involves exposing the ...

"Haemophilus parainfluenzae from a dental abscess is a potential cause of mycotic internal carotid artery (ICA) aneurysm," wrote the authors, led by Dr. Andrea Obi of the University of Michigan (J ...

Prior to surgery, doctors noted that Zednik's blood pressure was dropping, and there was also swelling around the cut making it difficult to breath. Doctors put a tube in his neck to open an airway.

Lyle Mason of Battle Creek had to have surgery on both of his carotid arteries. He has a scar of each side of his neck, but they look very different. “It was remarkable,” Mason said.

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 ...

Carotid artery stenosis, which results when fatty substances build up in the arteries in the neck, is associated with more than half of the strokes that occur in the United States each year.