Mild carotid stenosis without severe symptoms can be treated with aspirin. Antiplatelet medications, such as aspirin and clopidogrel (Plavix), decrease the ability of platelets to form blood clots.

Carotid intervention (endarterectomy or stenting, depending on the clinical setting) is recommended generally in symptomatic patients with stenosis of more than 70% and in selected asymptomatic low ...

Carotid Endarterectomy surgery involves exposing the carotid artery in the neck, clamping the artery above and below the plaque buildup, opening up the artery with a knife while it is clamped and ...

BOSTON (CBS) - An increasing number of people are being diagnosed with narrowing or stenosis of the carotid artery. Such narrowing can result in a decreased amount of blood going to the brain ...

Ischemic stroke remains one of the leading causes of death and long-term disability worldwide, with narrowing of the carotid artery due to atherosclerosis contributing to up to 30% of all cases. For ...

Carotid artery disease, also called carotid artery stenosis, occurs when the carotid arteries, the main blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood to the brain, become narrowed. The narrowing of the ...

The cohort averaged age 69.6 and 65.9% were men. About 20% were symptomatic, 43% had diabetes, 10.5% had had a previous carotid endarterectomy, and 35.9% a prior coronary stenting or angioplasty.

The best way to treat carotid artery stenosis is to prevent it and that should be through diet, exercise, and staying away from tobacco. Dr. Gordon J. Rafool is a specialist in Family Practice and ...

Mean age was 68 years, 31% were women, and 45% had symptomatic carotid stenosis. Over 80% were on statins, about 90% were on antiplatelets, and over 10% were on anticoagulants.

In the Netherlands, about 2,000 people with carotid artery stenosis are operated on every year after they have had a stroke. Thirty years ago, large studies showed that an operation in which a ...

Current risk assessment guidelines for ischemic stroke may underestimate patients with mild carotid stenosis. A Japanese multicenter study found that unstable plaque—particularly intraplaque ...