Carotid Artery Ultrasound Doppler Scan - This is a noninvasive diagnostic test that uses ultrasound to detect narrowing of the arteries in the neck and can estimate the degree of narrowing or ...
Carotid percutaneous transluminal angioplasty/stenting has become an accepted treatment modality for carotid artery stenosis in high-risk patients. There has been an ongoing debate regarding which ...
Carotid artery disease, also called carotid artery stenosis, occurs when the carotid arteries, the main blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood to the brain, become narrowed. The narrowing of the ...
Atherosclerotic carotid artery stenosis is relatively frequent in older patients and is a major cause of disabling stroke or death. Carotid endarterectomy is currently considered the standard of ...
Figure 1: Digital subtraction angiographic images from a 69-year-old woman with symptomatic, 90% stenosis of the V4 segment (intradural) of the vertebral artery. References Jenkins, J. S. et al .
PR-15 is under clinical development by advanceCor and currently in Phase II for Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) (Ischemic Heart Disease).