Blocked arteries, often referred to as the 'silent killer', can pose serious health risks without individuals being aware of the problem until it becomes severe. Early warning signs have been ...

Chest pain (angina) is a common symptom of coronary heart disease ... And if it happens in an artery supplying blood to your brain, such as the carotid arteries in the neck, it will lead to a stroke.

Background Transradial cerebral angiography (TRA) is a convenient but challenging procedure, particularly for selecting the left internal carotid artery (ICA) and vertebral artery. Objective To ...

TUPELO — Carotid artery disease, a progressive buildup of ... than 24 hours and doesn't show up on imaging scans. With CVA, symptoms do last longer than a day, and damage to a particular region ...

Stenting of the carotid artery (propping the artery open to improve blood flow), is another option, depending on certain patient characteristics. Even though the symptoms resolve on their own, a TIA ...

The type of drug, dosage, and timing of administration can affect the regression of carotid artery dissection and the risk of recurrence of stroke. Based on imaging evidence, it is important to ...

Learning more about the signs, symptoms, and prognosis of any type of stroke can prepare ... Hemorrhagic stroke: This type of stroke occurs when an artery in the brain bleeds. According to the ...

The definition for cTIA was similar in many studies: there was usually reference to symptoms that characterize ... unstable plaque in the internal carotid artery as a prophylactic measure within ...

“Some patients have no symptoms,” said Dr. Leithead, adding that peripheral artery disease “can occur naturally with age, but what we want to educate the public and tell the population is that leg ...

For this purpose, we tested C57B/6 mice at 24 and 240 h after RT and dissected the underlying molecular mechanisms in cultured human coronary artery and umbilical vein endothelial cells at the same ...

The fall caused the straw to go through Charlie's tongue and into his throat, and puncture his right carotid artery ... then Learned the Strange Symptom Was Sign of ‘Aggressive’ Tumor James ...

If available, long-term outcomes—such as restenosis of the operated artery, cognitive function at the end of ... support or refute the use of routine or selective shunting during carotid ...