There is still insufficient evidence from randomized controlled trials to support or refute the use of routine or selective shunting during carotid endarterectomy. Further, there is little evidence to ...

Among patients with familial hypercholesterolemia and carotid atherosclerosis, the ACAT inhibitor pactimibe failed to reduce CIMT ... by serial intravascular ultrasound examinations.

We further validate TISA as the clinical model for automatic measurements of spinal curvature and carotid intima-media thickness, and the automatic measurements agree well with manual measurements ...

What Is a Liver Ultrasound? A liver ultrasound is a type of abdominal ultrasound, an imaging test that uses high-frequency sound waves to create pictures of the organs and structures in your ...

The aim of our research was to ascertain whether thyroid hormone sensitivity indices are related to carotid plaque (CAP) risk in the general population. Methods: We recruited 5,360 participants for ...

We would like to share some thoughts on the study entitled “The effect of preoperative embolization rate on surgical outcomes for carotid paraganglioma resection” 1. This study aims to evaluate the ...

The first carotid stent system achieved approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for high-surgical risk patients in 2004. 1 Within the next year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ...