Diagnosis and treatment of carotid artery disease.

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  • Pamela J Jones
چکیده

Carotid artery disease (CAD) can cause strokes or even death. Fortunately, some of the risk factors for CAD can be controlled, and the disease can be prevented, slowed or reversed. This article reviews those risk factors, along with normal and abnormal carotid artery anatomy, techniques for imaging the carotid arteries, treatment options for CAD and the roles of specialists who diagnose and treat it. The article concludes with a look at promising new and alternative treatments.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Radiologic technology

دوره 78 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2007