Sentences with phrase «internal carotid arteries»

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

The two internal carotid arteries are situated on either side of the neck and provide most of the brain's blood supply.

Strokes often result when accumulated plaque breaks off from a narrowed section of an internal carotid artery and blocks smaller vessels in the brain.

In the trial, patients were evaluated at treatment centers between six and 16 hours after incurring strokes originating in either of two large arteries in the brain: the middle cerebral artery or the internal carotid artery, which together account for about 25 percent of all strokes and the majority of severely disabling strokes.

If the internal carotid artery is also affected, it may involve the ophthalmic (eye) artery.

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The middle cerebral artery is the largest branch of the internal carotid.