Sentences with phrase «internal carotid artery»

At the end of the study, the researchers measured blood flow in the carotid arteries once more and observed the increase of cerebral blood flow averaged 11 % and 15 % in the right and left internal carotid arteries, respectively.

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

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

The researchers» analysis showed that subjects in the top fourth of tri-state zip codes, ranked by average PM 2.5 levels, were about 24 percent more likely than those in the bottom quarter to have shown signs of stenosis — defined as a narrowing by at least half — in either internal carotid artery.

They found that people living in zip codes with the highest average levels of fine - particulate - matter pollution were significantly more likely to show signs of narrowing (stenosis) in their internal carotid arteries, compared to those living in zip codes with the lowest pollution levels.

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

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

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.

Abnormal thickening of the carotid artery wall and the presence of a lipid core and calcium in the internal carotid artery on MRI were significant predictors of subsequent events.

The anterior cerebral artery extends upward and forward from the internal carotid artery.

At the start of the research, the scientists made use of Doppler ultrasonography to determine blood flow in the internal carotid arteries, which are found in the neck and provide the brain with important glucose and oxygen - rich blood.

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

Turns out I seem to have had a «dissection» of my left internal carotid artery (dissection in this case meaning a separate of two layers of the arterial wall, which can lead to clotting and reduced blood flow).