In a pair of randomized, observer-blinded clinical trials designed to evaluate optimal management of asymptomatic carotid ...

Your arteries play an important role in your cardiovascular health, transporting blood from the heart to all of the body's cells. And that's especially true for your carotid (neck) arteries, since ...

Improvements in medical therapy, carotid-artery stenting, and carotid endarterectomy call into question the preferred ...

Stenting, but not endarterectomy, significantly reduced stroke risk compared with intensive medical therapy alone.

Carotid plaques block the blood supply to the brain. It is often considered a leading cause of stroke. Ethnicity-based ...