enow.com Web Search

  1. Ads

    related to: carotid artery blockage 85%

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Lacunar stroke - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacunar_stroke

    Lacunar strokes may result from carotid artery pathology or microemboli from the heart as in atrial fibrillation. Patients often recover well, but if there is enough white matter disease from lacunar pathology, one can see a subcortical dementia such as Binswanger disease .

  3. Stroke - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroke

    Screening for carotid artery narrowing has not been shown to be a useful test in the general population. [143] Studies of surgical intervention for carotid artery stenosis without symptoms have shown only a small decrease in the risk of stroke. [144] [145] To be beneficial, the complication rate of the surgery should be kept below 4%. Even then ...

  4. Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_venous_sinus...

    Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis is more common in particular situations. 85% of people have at least one of these risk factors: [3] Thrombophilia, a tendency to develop blood clots due to abnormalities in coagulation, e.g. factor V Leiden , deficiency of protein C , protein S or antithrombin , or related problems

  5. Charlotte Rae - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Rae

    Her left carotid artery was cleared of blockage as well. [3] In 2009, due to the frequency of pancreatic cancer in her own family, Rae was screened, diagnosed early, and became cancer-free after six months of chemotherapy. Her mother, an uncle, and her elder sister Beverly all reportedly died from pancreatic cancer.

  6. Cardiovascular disease - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiovascular_disease

    In the United States 11% of people between 20 and 40 have CVD, while 37% between 40 and 60, 71% of people between 60 and 80, and 85% of people over 80 have CVD. [2] The average age of death from coronary artery disease in the developed world is around 80, while it is around 68 in the developing world. [14]

  7. Vertebral artery dissection - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertebral_artery_dissection

    Vertebral artery dissection is one of the two types of cervical artery dissection.The other type, carotid artery dissection, involves the carotid arteries.Vertebral artery dissection is further classified as being either traumatic (caused by mechanical trauma to the neck) or spontaneous, and it may also be classified by the part of the artery involved: extracranial (the part outside the skull ...

  8. Stent - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stent

    Vascular stents are commonly used in angioplasty, a surgical procedure that opens blocked arteries and places a stent to keep the artery open. This is a common treatment for heart attacks and is also used in the prevention and treatment of strokes. Over 2 million people receive a stent each year for coronary artery disease alone.

  9. Fibromuscular dysplasia - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibromuscular_dysplasia

    Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is a non-atherosclerotic, non-inflammatory disease of the blood vessels that causes abnormal growth within the wall of an artery. [1] FMD has been found in nearly every arterial bed in the body, although the most commonly affected are the renal and carotid arteries.

  1. Ads

    related to: carotid artery blockage 85%