Improvements in medical therapy, carotid-artery stenting, and carotid endarterectomy call into question the preferred ...

Stenting, but not endarterectomy, significantly reduced stroke risk compared with intensive medical therapy alone.

The most common cause of carotid artery narrowing is a buildup of plaque in the arteries due to multiple risk factors such as smoking, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, family history and ...