Daily Archives: June 10, 2009

Treatment options should be carefully considered for blocked carotid arteries

Treatment options for patients diagnosed with partially blocked carotid arteries but without symptoms such as a mini-stroke, or transient blindness in one eye (amaurosis fugax), should be carefully considered and recommendation made on an individualized basis, according to a review of medical literature published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
The carotid arteries connect the heart and [...]