Carotid percutaneous transluminal angioplasty/stenting has become an accepted treatment modality for carotid artery stenosis in high-risk patients. There has been an ongoing debate regarding which ...

Background People living with HIV (PWH) are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease; however, evidence from Asian populations remains limited. We evaluated the prevalence and characteristics of ...

Various methods have been used to quantify atherosclerosis, beginning in the mid-1980s with ultrasound measurement of carotid intima–media thickness (IMT), and going on to coronary calcification ...

Carotid ultrasound is a test that uses high-frequency sound waves to create pictures of the insides of the two large arteries in your neck. These arteries, known as carotid arteries, supply your brain ...

"Differences in diagnostic criteria to interpret carotid ultrasound result in significant variation in classification of carotid artery stenosis, likely leading to differences in the number and ...

Sonolysis, an application of therapeutic ultrasound, reduced periprocedural cerebrovascular events during carotid endarterectomy. The safety profile of sonolysis was supported by a reported lack of ...

New research shows that a simple, inexpensive and noninvasive carotid artery ultrasound of the neck can be used as a preliminary diagnostic tool for coronary artery disease (CAD). This may be an ...

The vast majority of imaging tests that result in carotid revascularization of asymptomatic patients are performed for “uncertain” indications, with as many as one in nine carotid ultrasounds ...

Online first in Vascular Medicine, researchers from the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) Vascular Testing division report findings of their multi-centered study of duplex ultrasound for ...

A 56 year-old man presented with three brief spells of difficulty expressing his words and right arm weakness. Internal Carotid Artery Stenosis: Angiogram of the Left Common Carotid Artery (CCA). Note ...

Atherosclerosis is a progressive diffused arterial disease. Lesions in carotid and coronary arteries are well correlated. 1 The carotid artery is viewed as ‘a window’ on the coronary arteries. The ...