A surgery called carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is one way to remove blockages to the normal flow of blood and to minimize your risk of a stroke. A CEA is also known as carotid artery surgery.

If these arteries become blocked, a person may require surgery, also known as a carotid endarterectomy, to remove the blockage. A person has one carotid artery on each side of their neck.

If you've had a stroke or temporary stroke in the past 12 months and over 50 percent of narrowing in your carotid artery, the benefits of surgery or stenting may be large. If you have had neither ...

If one of your carotid arteries is partly blocked, your doctor may recommend surgery to open it. Your doctor will use imaging tests to look inside the artery and see how bad the blockage is.

With a carotid stent, dilation balloon, and integrated embolic protection (IEP) filter for added safety, the system also ...

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 ...

Carotid stent surgery is one of two procedures that can be used to treat carotid artery stenosis. This procedure is considered a less invasive option with a faster recovery time. However ...

Types of vascular procedures include carotid artery surgery, lower limb revascularization, and more. They treat all parts of the vascular system, excluding the brain and heart. The carotid artery ...

Aims: The effect of carotid endarterectomy on the patency of the external carotid artery is unknown. We conducted a retrospective study to evaluate the long-term changes in the external carotid ...

The researchers think that in the future this will be the group that may still have to undergo surgery. In this way, every patient with a stroke due to carotid artery narrowing can receive a ...

Applied during the surgery for people averaging 80% internal carotid artery stenosis, sonolysis resulted in reductions in 30-day: Combined ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attack (TIA), and ...