Hamburg - Detecting clogged arteries in time could prevent many strokes, some 60 per cent of which originate not in the brain but in the neck arteries and heart, according to the German Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (DEGUM) in Hamburg. People at increased risk of arterial disease, including those with a family history of the disorder, people with high blood pressure, and diabetics, should therefore be examined regularly by a physician, DEGUM noted.
It said the extent of blockage in an artery could be detected by ultrasound, a procedure that had no side effects and could be repeated any number of times.
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