Ultrasound Image of Carotid Artery is taken by placing a probe against our neck region and sound waves get reflected and then the computer constructs an image based on the sound waves from the ...

Carotid artery ultrasound imaging plays a pivotal role in the non‐invasive evaluation of cardiovascular health by enabling the detailed visualisation of arterial walls and plaque formations.

Thickening of intima-media complex in the common carotid artery is a biomarker of atherosclerosis. To automatically measure this thickness, we propose a region-based segmentation method, involving a ...

Methods Study population We randomly selected 306 patients between 40 and 75 years who underwent coronary angiography and carotid artery ultrasound in the Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital ...

Previously some surgeons routinely performed endarterectomy of the external carotid artery during carotid surgery. However lack of data to support the necessity of that prompted vascular surgeons ...

While most strokes are commonly linked to clots from the heart or fatty deposits in the carotid arteries, a new study highlights a ...

Background Carotid webs (CaWs) are associated with ischemic strokes in younger patients without degrees of stenosis that are traditionally considered clinically significant. Objective To compare the ...

Treatment of Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Internal Carotid Artery Stenosis in Older Adults Andreas Kastrup, MD; Klaus Gröschel, MD Disclosures Geriatrics and Aging. 2005;8 (5):23-26.

The optimal treatment of acute large vessel occlusion with concomitant extracranial steno‐occlusive disease of the internal carotid artery remains unclear. The PICASSO (Proximal Internal Carotid ...

New study reveals alarming increase in cases of cervical artery dissection, a little-known but growing cause of stroke.