Vascular disease affecting arteries that bring blood and oxygen to the brain. Problems with these arteries can result in dizziness, stroke, arm pain, disability and death.
Vascular disease resulting from build of up of plaque in the carotid artery. Plaque can narrow the artery or break loose causing a stroke or death.
A carotid artery aneurysm is a bulge in one of the arteries in your neck supplying critical blood supply to your brain and nearby structures. The bulge represents arterial wall weakening resulting in thinning and enlargement. Atherosclerosis and injury are common causes. Many individuals have no symptoms, but others have facial swelling, hoarseness or a throbbing painful lump they can feel in their neck. A carotid artery aneurysm may lead to stroke without treatment.
A tear in the lining of the carotid artery caused by trauma or fibromuscular dysplasia. This can result in an abnormal vessel prone to clotting that can cause stroke or death.
Rare tumor of nerve cells that surround the carotid artery in the neck. They are rarely malignant (cancer that spreads) but do continue to grow over time and can cause local nerve damage and be disfiguring.
Blockages (plaque) or dissections (tears in artery lining) that affect arteries that go to the part of brain controlling synchronous eye movement, balance, swallowing, consciousness and breathing.
Blockages (plaque) in the artery going to the arm that is usually asymptomatic but occasionally (25%) can result in arm fatigue or dizziness and rarely loss of consciousness when using the affected arm.
Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is possibly a genetic or hormonal condition primarily affecting women in which medium sized arteries, such as carotid and renal (kidney), are damaged. Over time this can result in a narrowing (stenosis), complete blockage (occlusion), weakening and enlargement (aneurysm), or tearing (dissection) which can lead to stroke.
A subclavian aneurysm is weakness or bulging in the wall of the subclavian artery, which is located below the collarbone. If the aneurysm ruptures, it can cause life-threatening, uncontrolled bleeding. Blood clots caused by the aneurysm can potentially lead to stroke or loss of fingers, the hand or, in rare cases, the entire arm.
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