A carotid ultrasound also may be done to see whether carotid artery surgery, also called carotid endarterectomy (END-ar-ter-EK-to-me), has restored normal blood flow through your carotid artery.

This test uses ultrasound to look for blockages in the neck’s carotid arteries. These blockages are a risk factor of stroke. Learn more.

What to expect Carotid ultrasound is a painless test, and typically there is little to do in advance. Your doctor will tell you how to prepare for your carotid ultrasound.

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

Ultrasound of the carotid artery gives doctors a safe, easy way to gather accurate data. At the same time, they are not forced to have their patients suffer through radiation or any invasive ...

At the time of surgery, a 1-cm mass was found posterior to the common carotid artery within the carotid sheath that was separate from the thyroid. A nerve was seen entering the superior and ...

New research from NYU Langone Medical Center shows that a simple, inexpensive and noninvasive carotid artery ultrasound of the neck can be used as a preliminary diagnostic tool for coronary artery ...

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 ...

Applying ultrasound to help break up thrombus during carotid endarterectomy reduces adverse neurological outcomes in the first 30 days after surgery in patients with either symptomatic or asymptomatic ...

These patients had follow-up with carotid duplex ultrasound to assess the patency of the internal and external carotid artery.

The ultrasound can also measure the thickness of the artery wall. A thick artery wall means there is more plaque within the wall. This is called the “carotid intima media thickness” or CIMT and is ...