People with previously asymptomatic carotid stenosis account for a large proportion of stroke cases, but identifying those who are most at risk and require surgery is both difficult and ...

Thus, the clinical manifestation depends on the number of organs affected, the composition of the emboli, and the quantity of the embolus expelled from the atherosclerotic plaque. An isolated ...

Embolic problems result in a greater degree of ischemia than thrombosis, as the embolus characteristically lodges in a "virgin" vascular bed with no prior collateral development. On the contrary ...