Aims: The effect of carotid endarterectomy on the patency of the external carotid artery is unknown. We conducted a retrospective study to evaluate the long-term changes in the external carotid ...

Internal Carotid ... severe carotid artery stenosis (≥ 70% stenosis involving the carotid artery bifurcation). This was established by duplex ultrasound imaging. None of the external carotids ...

The image to the right (Figure 1) shows an image of a carotid artery in the neck where it divides into the artery of the external carotid artery (smaller vessel on the right) and the internal carotid ...

Carotid artery disease occurs when plaque builds up inside the carotid arteries in the neck. There are two common carotid arteries, one on the right and the other on the left, that divide into ...