2023年4月19日 · Carotid artery disease occurs when fatty deposits, called plaques, clog the blood vessels that deliver blood to the brain and head (carotid arteries). The clog increases the risk of stroke. Stroke is a medical emergency that occurs when …

2019年7月2日 · Your carotid arteries are among the main vessels that carry blood to your brain. You feel the carotid artery when taking a neck pulse. An artery tear, also called a “dissection,” occurs when layers of the interior arterial walls separate.

2023年4月19日 · The goal in treating carotid artery disease is to prevent stroke. Treatment depends on how blocked the carotid arteries are, whether the blockage is causing symptoms, and the age and other illnesses of the person who has the blockage.

2019年2月7日 · One procedure, known as carotid endarterectomy, is a surgical operation to remove built-up plaque in the artery of the neck. A less invasive approach, introduced in the 1990s, is carotid artery stenting, which involves the insertion of a wire mesh that widens the artery to improve blood flow.

2023年4月19日 · Mayo Clinic researchers are working to improve the diagnosis and treatment of carotid artery disease. Efforts include evaluating treatment options for carotid artery disease that has no symptoms and surgical ways of treating carotid artery disease that has symptoms.

Giant left internal carotid artery aneurysm associated with ipsilateral arteriovenous malformation (left and middle). The aneurysm was treated with direct clipping, and the postoperative angiogram shows complete exclusion of the aneurysm with no compromise of distal flow (right).

2018年8月2日 · Right common carotid artery cervical angiogram demonstrates an aneurysm of the right internal carotid artery upper cervical segment which measures 33 x 25 x 29 mm. The surgeon said these types of aneurysm rarely burst and should follow up with another test after 6 months to see if there are any changes.

2009年6月10日 · Differentiating symptomatic and asymptomatic patients is critical: Patients often are diagnosed with carotid artery stenosis after seeing a doctor for dizziness, blurry vision, floaters in the vision or generalized weakness. These are not considered symptoms of carotid artery stenosis even when imaging shows a blockage is present.

2018年11月30日 · There is a new treatment, however, called transcarotid arterial revascularization, or TCAR, that uses a different approach to opening a blocked carotid artery. The risk of a stroke during that procedure may be lower than it would be with other methods.

2018年8月2日 · Right common carotid artery cervical angiogram demonstrates an aneurysm of the right internal carotid artery upper cervical segment which measures 33 x 25 x 29 mm. The surgeon said these types of aneurysm rarely burst and should follow up with another test after 6 months to see if there are any changes.