Using data from the Rotterdam Study in the Netherlands, researchers have uncovered that carotid artery plaques can undergo potentially dangerous changes over time in patients without symptoms ...

Avertto’s external carotid artery monitor. Photo courtesy of Avertto. CEO Hilla Ben-Pazi, a neurologist who formerly founded Israel’s first tele-neurology company, explains that one of Avertto’s ...

Such anatomical differences, which may include a high carotid bifurcation, variations in vessel tortuosity, and atypical branching patterns of the external carotid artery, bear significant ...

The cohort averaged age 69.6 and 65.9% were men. About 20% were symptomatic, 43% had diabetes, 10.5% had had a previous carotid endarterectomy, and 35.9% a prior coronary stenting or angioplasty.