MINI REVIEW article
Front. Neurol.
Sec. Neurocritical and Neurohospitalist Care
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fneur.2025.1608651
Rediscovering the Carotid Pulse: Unlocking Hidden Insights in the Era of AI-Driven Healthcare
Provisionally accepted
Hilla Ben-Pazi1*
Shady Jhashan2Salame Haill2Hillit Cohen3idit Matot4Meron Ben Pazi1Yaniv Kirma1Lior Elmaliach1Yair Lavi1Pnina Mintz1Nicola Corvaja5,6Danny Dvir7Haim Danenberg8
Marc Ribo9- 1Avertto Medical LTD, Aderet, Israel
- 2Galilee Medical Center, Nahariya, Israel
- 3Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv District, Israel
- 4Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
- 5New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, United States
- 6Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States
- 7Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
- 8Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Tel Aviv District, Israel
- 9Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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From ancient Chinese medicine to medieval European practice, the carotid pulse has long been recognized as a vital window into vascular health. Yet in modern clinical medicine, this rich physiological signal has been largely overlooked. While artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed healthcare through advanced data interpretation, it has also inadvertently diverted focus from acquiring novel physiological data-particularly from the carotid artery.This review highlights the underutilized potential of carotid hemodynamics and explores how emerging sensor technologies, combined with AI, can transform stroke prevention, real-time cerebrovascular monitoring, and broader vascular care. As a central conduit between the heart and brain, the carotid artery conveys dynamic hemodynamic information relevant not only to neurology, but also to cardiology and pulmonary medicine. Recent advances in non-invasive, continuous monitoring now enable real-time assessment of vascular stiffness, pulse wave patterns, and early cerebrovascular compromise-capabilities that were previously inaccessible with traditional, intermittent evaluation methods. Focusing on the neurological context, this review outlines emerging opportunities in carotid monitoring, identifies key hemodynamic markers, and evaluates the clinical consequences of their underuse. By integrating AI with enhanced, continuous data acquisition from the carotid artery, the medical community may pursue new diagnostic and predictive pathways, advancing toward proactive, precision-based care and improved patient outcomes.
Keywords: carotid artery, artificial intelligence, Monitoring, Stroke, pulse wave velocity, ultrasound, Baro-sensors
Received: 09 Apr 2025; Accepted: 03 Jun 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Ben-Pazi, Jhashan, Haill, Cohen, Matot, Pazi, Kirma, Elmaliach, Lavi, Mintz, Corvaja, Dvir, Danenberg and Ribo. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Hilla Ben-Pazi, Avertto Medical LTD, Aderet, Israel
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