Carotid artery dissection is the most common cause of stroke in people younger than 40 and causes 2.5% of strokes overall. The symptoms of carotid artery dissection vary significantly between ...

Atherosclerosis is the most common cause of carotid artery disease. It is unknown exactly how atherosclerosis begins or what causes it. Atherosclerosis is a slow, progressive, vascular disease that ...

The most common cause of carotid artery narrowing is a buildup of plaque in the arteries due to multiple risk factors such as smoking, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, family history and ...