For decades, surgery has been considered the gold standard treatment for preventing stroke in patients with narrowed neck arteries. But a new study, the largest so far to compare surgery with another ...

SAN ANTONIO - People at risk of a stroke because of narrowed neck arteries can be treated safely with a less drastic option than the surgery done now, the largest study ever done on these treatments ...

CHICAGO, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson said on Thursday that U.S. regulators approved its second stent device to treat clogged neck arteries with technology that enables more efficient ...

An experimental treatment used to clear clogged neck arteries carries a higher-than-expected risk of stroke and death, according to a study that was stopped early for safety reasons. The study ...

CHICAGO (AP) - Doctors have found they can substantially improve the safety of balloon angioplasty to clean out the arteries in the neck by temporarily inserting a tiny filter to trap stirred-up gunk ...

CHICAGO, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Surgery may be a better way to clear blockages in neck arteries and prevent strokes than less invasive treatment such as angioplasty, European researchers reported on ...

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This content is sponsored by MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Although the prevalence of carotid artery stenosis, or carotid artery disease, in the U.S. is low (3%), the outcome of not treating the ...