Atherosclerosis happens when a fatty substance called plaque builds up inside your arteries. There are typically few ...

A carotid endarterectomy is a minimally invasive procedure to remove plaque from within your carotid artery, the main blood vessel that carries blood to your brain. Your doctor will make a small ...

The aim of our research was to ascertain whether thyroid hormone sensitivity indices are related to carotid plaque (CAP) risk in the general population ... Each participant underwent a carotid artery ...

Your healthcare provider could also recommend a thrombectomy, a surgical procedure that involves inserting a catheter up to the blocked artery to manually remove the clot. Ideally, this procedure ...

Nearly half of the 1.4 million people in the U.S. immigration system who have pending deportation orders cannot be sent back to their home countries, according to internal Immigration and Customs ...

Restenosis after carotid artery stenting (CAS) is associated with the risk of developing ischemic stroke. We aimed to evaluate the inhibitory effect of cilostazol addition on in-stent restenosis (ISR) ...

A loss of brain volume associated with new immunotherapies for Alzheimer's disease may be caused by the removal of amyloid plaques, rather than the loss of neurons or brain tissue, finds a study ...

A recent study has revealed that AI can potentially enhance the detection of carotid artery calcifications (CACs) that might be overlooked in panoramic radiographs (PRs). "Integrating AI models into ...

This study examined whether carotid plaque changes can predict persistent coronary endothelial dysfunction using serial assessments of the coronary vasomotor response to acetylcholine (ACh) in the ...