Carotid artery disease - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Jul 24, 2025 · Carotid artery disease occurs when fatty deposits, called plaques, clog the blood vessels that deliver blood to the brain and head (carotid arteries). These clogged blood …
Carotid artery disease - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic
Jul 24, 2025 · The goal in treating carotid artery disease is to prevent stroke. Treatment depends on how blocked the carotid arteries are, whether the blockage is causing symptoms, and the …
Carotid ultrasound - Mayo Clinic
Jan 15, 2025 · Carotid (kuh-ROT-id) ultrasound is a procedure that uses sound waves to look at blood flow through the carotid arteries. The carotid arteries are a pair of blood vessels on each …
Carotid endarterectomy - Mayo Clinic
Dec 11, 2018 · This procedure removes plaque buildup in the carotid artery to help reduce your risk of stroke.
Carotid angioplasty and stenting - Mayo Clinic
Jul 30, 2022 · Carotid angioplasty (kuh-ROT-id AN-jee-o-plas-tee) and stenting are procedures that open clogged arteries to restore blood flow to the brain. They're often performed to treat …
Carotid artery disease care at Mayo Clinic
Jul 24, 2025 · Mayo Clinic carotid artery disease care brings together neurologists and neurosurgeons as well as cardiologists, vascular and endovascular surgeons, and …
Need help with Results of carotid artery ultrasound
Jan 13, 2025 · When I saw this thread title I went and got my report from my Carotid ultrasound done in May last year. My doctor’s office called and said no plaque, but I got the report just to …
Clogged carotid arteries - Mayo Clinic Connect
Apr 28, 2025 · Now it’s totally different with this blood pressure, high cholesterol and carotid artery disease, which affects everything I do and has taken front and center of my health concerns in …
Mayo Clinic Q and A: New treatment to open blocked carotid artery
Nov 30, 2018 · Carotid stenosis occurs when fatty deposits, or plaques, block the carotid arteries — the blood vessels that deliver blood to your brain and head. The blockage increases stroke …
Carotid artery disease - Doctors and departments - Mayo Clinic
Jul 24, 2025 · Efforts include evaluating treatment options for carotid artery disease that has no symptoms and surgical ways of treating carotid artery disease that has symptoms.