Carotid Artery Dis­ease

CAROTID ARTERY DIS­EASE: A pro­gres­sive dis­ease that involves the buildup of fatty mate­r­ial and plaque in the carotid arter­ies; can lead to a stroke.
Source: Web MD

• What is Carotid Artery Dis­ease?
  Ger­rit Winke­laar, MD. Cana­dian Soci­ety for Vas­cu­lar Surgery. 2010. Canada.  

• Carotid artery disease
  Med­line Plus. 2019.

• Carotid Artery Dis­ease
  Mayo Clinic. 2018. USA.

• Carotid Steno­sis (Carotid Artery Dis­ease)
  May­field Clinic. 2016. USA.

• Atherosclerosis
  National Heart Lung and Blood Insti­tute. USA.