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How to identify which patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis could benefit from endarterectomy or stenting
Kosmas I Paraskevas, Frank J Veith, J David Spence
DOI: 10.1136/svn-2017-000129 Published 26 June 2018
Kosmas I Paraskevas
1
Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK
Frank J Veith
2
Department of Vascular Surgery, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, USA
3
Department of Vascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
J David Spence
4
Stroke Prevention & Atherosclerosis Research Centre, Robarts Research Institute, Western University, London, Canada

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How to identify which patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis could benefit from endarterectomy or stenting
Kosmas I Paraskevas, Frank J Veith, J David Spence
Stroke and Vascular Neurology Jun 2018, 3 (2) 92-100; DOI: 10.1136/svn-2017-000129
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- Abstract
- Introduction
- Microemboli detection on transcranial Doppler (TCD)
- Plaque echolucency on Duplex ultrasound
- Progression of the severity of stenosis
- Silent embolic infarcts on brain CT or MRI
- Reduced cerebrovascular reserve (CVR)
- Size of juxtaluminal hypoechoic area
- Identification of intraplaque haemorrhage using MRI
- Carotid ulceration
- Conclusion
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