Carotid Artery Disease

Patients and families are capable of understanding the complex anatomy of the carotid arteries -- the vessels in the neck that carry blood to the brain.

InteliHealth - Featuring Harvard Medical School's consumer health information. In a stroke, the blood supply to part of the brain is reduced or cut off completely. Learn more about stroke and how to manage and recover from the brain damage that can occur.

Stroke information sheet compiled by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).

Carotid artery disease occurs when the main arteries in your neck that bring blood to your brain become narrowed or blocked by plaque. Carotid artery disease increases your risk for a stroke or a transient ischemic attack (TIA), also known as a mini-stroke

Dissection, Carotid Artery - Cervical artery dissection is a significant cause of stroke in patients younger than 40 years. Although any of the arteries in the neck may be affected, internal carotid artery dissections are the most common and occur intracranially and extracranially, with the former being more rare and severe. Carotid artery dissections have nonspecific presenting symptoms (eg, neur...