Background Occlusion of the internal carotid artery (ICA) may extend into the middle or anterior cerebral artery (ICA-T) or be confined to the intracranial (ICA-I) or extracranial segment (ICA-E).

Acute occlusion of internal carotid artery (ICA) is the underlying etiology in up to 15% of all ischemic strokes and is often associated with greater severity, functional disability, and mortality.

Introduction: Patients undergoing carotid artery stenting (CAS) are placed on dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT ... Our study evaluates the efficacy of PFT after extracranial CAS. Methods: This was a ...

Another indication for vertebral artery reconstruction pertains to patients who have both extracranial internal carotid and vertebral atherosclerotic disease and who have not gained symptom relief ...

Centre for Health Research, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czechia Introduction: Extracranial carotid calcification is a common ... patients ...

Endovascular thrombectomy and best medical treatment are both effective and safe options for treating acute extracranial internal carotid artery occlusions. Read more!

While much is known about the stroke risk of vertebrobasilar stenotic disease in general, particularly those involving intracranial pathology, extracranial vertebral artery stenosis remains an ...

Attempts to repair extracranial internal carotid artery and vertebral artery wounds are often unsuccessful and may even be harmful in asymptomatic patients. The purpose of this study was to assess ...

Neurological examination was normal, except for a left-sided Horner’s syndrome. There was no history of neck trauma. Colour duplex sonography demonstrated dissection of the left internal carotid ...

The axillary artery supplies blood to the axillary region of the body; it extends down the arm to become the ulnar and radial arteries (supplying oxygenated blood to the arm). Aside from the axillary ...

This article was originally posted Dec. 8, 2014. It has been updated. There are many things in medicine that are merely a matter of preference or style. How to check a patient’s pulse is not one ...