Screening for Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis

Screening for asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis.

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Screening for asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis: caveat emptor.

The effectiveness of a population-based disease prevention or screening program depends in part on the prevalence of the risk factor or condition in the population, the characteristics of the test used to identify persons who are at risk for or have the disease, the availability of proven interventions that can lead to improvements in clinically important health outcomes without causing undue h...

Endarterectomy for asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis.

Asymptomatic carotid stenosis: screening and management.

the management of asymptomatic carotid stenosis can be a dilemma to the primary care physician. In this review, we hope to update the reader on current insights into asymptomatic carotid atherosclerosis. Carotid stenosis is defined as the atherosclerotic narrowing of the proximal internal carotid artery exceeding 70% in severe cases and 50% in moderate cases. The prevalence of carotid stenosis ...

Management of asymptomatic internal carotid artery stenosis.

Optimal management of patients with asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis remains unclear. Although 2 high-quality randomized clinical trials demonstrated reductions in ispsilateral stroke rates in patients without symptoms after carotid endarterectomy, medical therapy of asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis has reduced rates of stroke to approximately 1% per year, raising questions about the ge...