Sentences with phrase «carotid artery»

Noninvasive imaging of carotid artery plaque with MRI can accurately predict future cardiovascular events like strokes and heart attacks in people without a history of cardiovascular disease, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology.

In an investigation of the effects of bergamot on atherosclerosis in carotid arteries in a clinical setting, just six months of therapy reduced measures of plaque in these important arteries compared to placebo.

In 1989, as part of an effort to improve carotid surgery, vascular surgeons began employing a technique called stenting to prop open clogged carotid arteries with metal mesh tubes.

The root of my problem was damage to the lining of my left internal carotid artery.

Similarly, the higher prevalence of carotid artery stenosis seen in men was more dramatic in older men than in older women.

After adjusting for these and other potential confounding factors, the researchers found that women with normal blood pressure during pregnancy who breastfed for six months or more had significantly higher levels of HDL, or «good» cholesterol, lower triglycerides and healthier carotid artery thickness compared to those who had never breastfed.

Imaging of carotid artery plaque with MRI can accurately predict future cardiovascular events in people without a history of cardiovascular disease.

Butter and eggs contain saturated fat and cholesterol, components that can increase your risk of developing carotid artery disease, according to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, but foods high in soluble fiber help block the absorption of cholesterol.

Recent studies suggest that the rate of stroke in patients with [narrowed carotid arteries without symptoms] is lower than the rates found in this trial, according to the highlighted report posted by the American Association for Critical Illness Insurance, the trade group.

The researchers found that the rates of subclinical atherosclerosis progression, as measured by changes in common carotid artery intima - media thickness or coronary artery calcium, did not differ significantly between men assigned to the testosterone or placebo groups.

The young woman brought a medical malpractice lawsuit against the treating doctor, claiming that he was negligent when he did not diagnose her with carotid artery dissection and that his negligence caused her to suffer serious, long - term neurological damage.

When I was 27 years old, he underwent surgery for blocked carotid arteries in his neck.

«To date, the focus of diagnosis and management of carotid artery blockages has been prevention of stroke since that was the only harm that these blockages were thought to cause to patients,» said Brajesh K. Lal, MD, with the VA Maryland Health Care System's Baltimore VA Medical Center and the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore.

Modules are designated on the left and the trait relationship is on the bottom (A for ascending aorta, C for carotid artery, and D for descending aorta).

During the operation, the surgeon injured the patient's left common carotid artery.

Her Ph.D. research dealt with biofluid mechanics, specifically numerical simulation of blood flow in plaque - inhibited carotid artery bifurcation.

In people with HIV, low vitamin D levels have been linked to thicker carotid arteries as well as a weaker comeback for the immune system after starting antiretroviral therapy.

As carotid arteries got cut, the blood started gushing out in volume you have never seen before.

After adjusting for these and other potential confounding factors, the researchers found that women with normal blood pressure during pregnancy who breastfed for six months or more had significantly higher levels of HDL, or «good» cholesterol, lower triglycerides and healthier carotid artery thickness compared to those who had never breastfed.

Leeper's team analyzed samples of arterial plaque from people undergoing surgery for a clogged carotid artery and from organ donors without cardiovascular disease.

A study I did with several colleagues showed that the stroke rate fell by almost 50 percent between 1978 and 2009 among patients with asymptomatic carotid artery disease who were treated with drug therapy alone.

The client suffered a ruptured carotid artery, cuts and bruises, and some scarring to an area of the client's body that was normally covered by clothes.

«Carotid artery MRI helps predict likelihood of strokes, heart attacks.»

Coronary artery calcium was found in 11 subjects (22 percent) using the CT scan, while carotid artery plaque was found using cIMT in 18 of them (36 percent).

People with known carotid artery disease at the time of their ultrasound test were excluded from the dataset.

Gentleman points out a slight thickening in the cranial carotid artery, one of the main blood supplies to the brain.

Prabhakar and colleagues from the University of Chicago, the Illinois Institute of Technology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston), and Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore), focused on the carotid bodies, a tiny cluster of cells embedded in the left and right carotid arteries, which pass through the neck.

To study the predictive value of MRI plaque imaging, researchers performed carotid artery ultrasound and MRI on 946 asymptomatic patients from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).

Now, using data accumulated from thousands of patients followed during such studies, physicians can estimate the risk of a major cardiovascular event — such as a heart attack or stroke — by taking precise measurements of the thickening of the easily accessible carotid arteries, which pass near the surface through the neck.

AT = anterior tubercle of C6, C = carotid artery, LC = longus colli muscle, T = thyroid gland, IJ = internal jugular vein, compressed

The researchers also examined carotid artery thickness, a measure of atherosclerosis.

On the other hand, higher HDL cholesterol levels have been linked to less carotid artery intima - media thickness.

When the temporal artery (a branch of the external carotid artery which runs up the side of the neck) is involved, the patient experiences severe temporal headaches (on the side of the head).

Most notably, a study of patients with severe carotid artery blockages who drank one ounce of pomegranate juice daily for one year found a 30 percent reduction in atherosclerotic plaque; in the control group, atherosclerotic plaque increased by 9 percent.

Peppy: Is there clinical evidence of any certain diet that reverses or stops carotid artery disease?

I dodged a personal catastrophe when the lining of my left carotid artery gave way on 1 July and I ended up with a (thankfully mild) stroke.

One weird issue, which I've noted has popped up for others is a pulse - timed whoosh in my left ear, presumably related to the resumed, but restricted, flow in the damaged left interior carotid artery.

A surgical procedure to widen carotid arteries that have become narrowed and restrict blood flow to the brain reduces the risk of stroke over a 10 - year period.

Conversely, more positive marital interaction was associated with a thinner carotid artery.

Moyamoya disease is characterized by a chronic stenoocclusive vasculopathy affecting the terminal internal carotid arteries.

«Our study was a population study, so it can't establish cause and effect, but it certainly suggests the hypothesis that lowering pollution levels would reduce the incidence of carotid artery stenosis and stroke,» says Dr. Newman.

In October 2007, a partially blocked carotid artery in Kennedy's neck was discovered during a routine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination.

Carotid artery wall thickness is what was measured in the study I profiled in Eggs vs. Cigarettes in Atherosclerosis.