Carotid artery disease may be asymptomatic (without symptoms) or symptomatic (with symptoms). Asymptomatic carotid disease is the presence of a significant amount of atherosclerotic build-up without ...

Medically reviewed by Smita Patel, DO Headaches in specific areas can sometimes signal a stroke. For example, a stroke in the carotid artery, which supplies blood to the front of the brain, might ...

Narrowing of the blood vessels (carotid arteries ... Early stages do not show any symptoms and most often the first symptom would be stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA, a temporary shortage ...

The definition for cTIA was similar in many studies: there was usually reference to symptoms that characterize ... unstable plaque in the internal carotid artery as a prophylactic measure within ...

Your doctor will pass the Embolic Protection System into the carotid artery to help capture any plaque ... have any new symptoms or worsening of the symptoms you had before the stent placement, ...