Carotid Artery Disease

Symptoms

Carotid artery disease may result in these symptoms:

• Temporary loss of vision or graying out of vision in one eye (amaurosis fugax)
• Transient ischemic attack (TIA)
• Reversible ischemic neurological deficit (RIND)
• Stroke

Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Disease

Carotid artery disease is considered asymptomatic if it does not cause symptoms before it is detected. Blood flowing through a narrowing in the artery may cause a bruit (noise that can be heard through a stethoscope placed on the neck). A physician may order an imaging test of the carotid arteries after hearing a bruit.