This content is sponsored by MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Although the prevalence of carotid artery stenosis, or carotid artery disease, in the U.S. is low (3%), the outcome of not treating the ...

The carotid arteries are essential conduits supplying blood to the head and neck, with the ensuing arterial network being of paramount importance to cerebral perfusion. The common carotid artery ...

MRA of the Neck. This is one of the standard MRA views, being centered over where the Common Carotid Artery bifurcates into the Internal Carotid Artery (ICA) and External Carotid Artery (ECA). The ...

TUPELO — Carotid artery disease, a progressive buildup of calcium deposits and cholesterol in the primary artery supplying blood to the brain, poses a risk of stroke, but there are a few ways to treat ...

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Provincial Medical Journal and Retrospect of the Medical Sciences, Vol. 6, No. 141 (Jun. 10, 1843), pp. 208-209 (2 pages) ...

A 53-year-old woman was treated for a rare mycotic internal carotid artery (ICA) aneurysm that developed when a dental abscess-linked germ infected the artery, according to a case report published in ...