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 NINDS Stroke Information Guide [Recommended] Description: Stroke prevention, recognizing stroke, acute treatment, and recent stroke trials. (ninds.nih.gov) |
| Blunt-Trauma Carotid Artery Injury Description: Descriptions of traumatic injuries to the Carotid Artery. Includes how to prevent, recognize, diagnose and treat the problem. From the Physician and Sportsmedicine Journal. (physsportsmed.com) |
| Carotid Artery Disease Description: Explanation of the complex anatomy of the carotid arteries, vessels in the neck that carry blood to the brain by Dr. Wang-Cheng, Professor of Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin. (healthlink.mcw.edu) |
| Carotid Artery Disease Description: Features information about the disease and the increased risk it brings for stroke. (vascularweb.org) |
| Carotid Endarterectomy Description: Information from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and InteliHealth, including how carotid artery disease is diagnosed and detailed information about carotid endarterectomy surgery and the risks. (intelihealth.com) |
| Dissection, Carotid Artery Description: Cervical artery dissection is a significant cause of stroke in patients under 40 years of age. Explore the subject from symptoms to surgery. Differential diagnosis and recommend tests are included. (emedicine.com) |
| Gum Disease Is Linked To Carotid-Artery Thickening Description: Medical Tribune article with new research results. (hiv.medscape.com) |
| National Stroke Association Description: Hoping to reduce the incidence and impact of stroke by changing the way stroke is viewed and treated, efforts are dedicated toward stroke through prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, research and support for stroke survivors and their families. (stroke.org) |
| Screening for Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis Description: Lots of data supporting the recommendation that high risk patients be screened for Carotid Artery Disease. Includes statistics from several recent studies. Provided by Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. (cpmcnet.columbia.edu) |
| Stroke Webforums at Massachusetts General Hospital Description: Wonderful interactive webforum for stroke questions. (neuro-mancer.mgh.harvard.edu) |
| When to Operate in Carotid Artery Disease Description: When to operate in carotid artery disease by Jose Biller, M.D. and William H. Thies, PH.D. American Academy of Family Physicians present the recent stroke trials in language we can all understand. (aafp.org) |
