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

Sex differences in the risk factors, diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes of patients with cardiovascular disease have been well described; however, the bulk of the literature has focused on heart ...

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a condition in which one or more of the arteries supplying blood to the body, flowing away from the heart, become blocked or partially blocked. This often reduces ...

With total occlusion of 1 subclavian artery and partial obstruction of the contralateral vessel, the pressure gradient favors retrograde vertebral flow on the totally occluded side. It is ...

Assessment of obstructive coronary artery stenosis by invasive coronary angiography has not been evaluated after pre-eclampsia. Methods A population-based cohort study was completed in Ontario, Canada ...

Background: Vertebral artery dissection (VAD) is an important cause of stroke in the young. It can present nonspecifically and may be misdiagnosed with adverse consequences. We assessed the ...

Over time, this forms a hardened plaque (also known as atheroma), making your artery narrower. This process, known as atherosclerosis, gradually continues as more fatty material builds up. This can ...

Although there is a reported incidence of stroke associated with vertebrobasilar artery system occlusion following chiropractic manipulation ... relationship between attending a chiropractor and ...

This review included complications of access, the distal vessel (thrombosis, stenosis, and dissection), and non-ocular ... Alternative routes of vascular access such as the middle meningeal artery, ...

In conclusion, stenting of vertebral artery stenosis appears to be a promising technique for the treatment of symptomatic vertebrobasilar disease. Although the approach is less invasive in ...

The anterior tibial artery is located in the lower leg, running from the popliteal fossa just behind the knee down along the tibia and fibula, the major bones of the lower leg. It is a branch of the ...

This can cause stenosis, occlusion of the lumen, or the formation of dissecting aneurysms (4). eCAD includes both carotid artery dissection and vertebral artery dissection. The MR-VWI characteristics ...