Applying ultrasound to help break up thrombus during carotid endarterectomy reduces adverse neurological outcomes in the ...

For patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy, sonolysis is safe and results in a significant reduction in the composite ...

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 ...

The most effective treatment for carotid artery stenosis is carotid endarterectomy (CEA). To date, randomized trials of this procedure versus best medical care have excluded patients aged 80 years ...

“We found that patients treated with GLP-1s are much more likely to have a [thyroid] ultrasound,” McCoy said. She and her colleagues concluded that the screenings were simply picking up ...

Objective: Conventional fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) for cystic thyroid nodules (CTNs) has a high rate of nondiagnostic and false-negative results. Ultrasound-guided FNAB (UG-FNAB ...

Thyroid storm causes an increased heart rate, blood pressure, and body temperature. It may occur in people with hyperthyroidism. It can be life threatening without treatment. Thyroid storm, also ...

An eye and orbit ultrasound uses high-frequency sound waves to measure and produce detailed images of your eye and eye orbit (the socket in your skull that holds your eye). An eye and orbit ...

In terms of the role of carotid ultrasound in the risk assessment of IS ... severe liver and kidney dysfunction, thyroid nodules, or other organ tumors; Those with a history of infection and surgical ...

Serial ultrasound surveillance has little clinical utility among pediatric patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) who had excellent response to initial treatment, according to study ...