Researchers at Penn State created a soft implant called CaroFlex that may help lower high blood pressure without extra medicines.

Serious ventricular arrhythmias due to carotid-sinus massage are extremely uncommon. Meredith and Beckwith 8 recorded 2 cases of transient ventricular tachycardia that followed its use. The first well ...

Pennsylvania State University researchers have developed CaroFlex, a combination of 3D-printed bioelectronic device and ...

THE treatment of the carotid-sinus syndrome in the past has been difficult, nonspecific and unsatisfactory. We wish to report 52 cases in which irradiation was followed by complete remission of ...

This page lists all known medications that could potentially lead to 'Carotid sinus syndrome' as a side effect. It's important to note that mild side effects are quite common with medications. The ...

In a new study in rats, researchers have demonstrated that is possible to restore insulin sensitivity and glucose homeostasis by modulating electrically the carotid sinus nerve, the sensitive nerve ...

Have the patient turn slightly toward you to relax the neck muscles, and palpate gently between the sternocleidomastoid (SCM) and the trachea. Do not go above the thyroid cartilage to avoid ...

A 57-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a left red eye of five months’ duration. A dull ache had recently developed behind that eye, but the patient had not experienced ...