A new study published in the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery reveals that the tests conducted to screen for "silent" neck artery narrowing leads to a number of unnecessary and costly surgical procedures and has no major impact on reducing the number of deaths due to strokes. In 2-6% of European men aged 60 plus, the major arteries supplying the brain (carotid arteries) are narrowed by 50-99%. This condition, termed carotid stenosis or atherosclerosis, accounts ...
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