Figure 1: Schematic drawing of an internal carotid artery dissection. The main dissection plane sometimes lies between the media and the adventitia, causing an aneurysmal outpouching of the ...

Medical conditions or trauma to the internal carotid artery can cause major health problems such as stroke, plaque build-up, and dissection of the carotid artery. One of a pair found on each side ...

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 ...

Vietnamese doctors are urging young people to stop playing the dangerous 'pen challenge,' which involves compressing the carotid arteries and poses life-threatening risks.

Your face and neck may feel warm or flushed when this happens, but this usually goes away after a short time. Your doctor will pass the Embolic Protection System into the carotid artery to help ...

Their incredible alien anatomy. To reveal this extraordinary hidden world, entomologists Dr James Logan and Brendan Dunphy carry out a complete insect dissection. Cutting edge imaging technology ...

More than 12 million animals, including frogs, cats, rats, fetal pigs, fish and a variety of invertebrates are used for dissection in the US each year. At a time when numerous interactive and ...

The connection between gum disease and thrombosis underscores the role of oral health in reducing thrombotic disease risk and ...

When the discomfort continued, Ramkumar rushed to a hospital where doctors confirmed that the forceful neck twisting caused a tear in his carotid ... Ramkumar suffered a dissection-related stroke ...

These patients regularly need carotid Doppler, echocardiography. Some patients suffer from Moya Moya disease ... Sometimes, due to injury or sudden neck movements, the artery may rupture (known as ...