Distinct systemic cytokine networks in symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid stenosis

How should physicians practically approach symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid stenosis?

Coincidental multiple asymptomatic intracranial aneurysms and symptomatic carotid stenosis.

A patient experiencing transient cerebral ischemic attacks (TIAs) was studied angiographically and found to have a symptomatic stenosis of the appropriate internal carotid artery (ICA) and three asymptomatic intracranial aneurysms. A therapeutic approach to this type of problem is discussed in this article.

Asymptomatic and Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis: An Obsolete Classification?

Since many years, clinical decisions about the management of patients with carotid stenosis have been based on the distinction between "asymptomatic" and "symptomatic" presentations. This was also reflected by the design of previous studies on the surgical versus conservative treatment and of current studies on interventional treatment versus surgery. Both terms, however, only address different...

Symptomatic Versus Asymptomatic High-Grade Internal Carotid Artery Stenosis

Background and Purpose Thromboembolic stroke is likely to occur in patients with a restricted cerebral blood flow reserve. Our aims were to determine (1) whether symptomatic patients had any significant hemodynamic restriction ipsilateral to carotid occlusive disease compared with patients whose carotid stenosis is asymptomatic and (2) whether patients with carotid occlusive disease have impair...

Cerebral hemodynamics in asymptomatic and symptomatic patients with high-grade carotid stenosis undergoing carotid endarterectomy.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Asymptomatic patients with carotid stenosis benefit less from carotid endarterectomy (CEA) than symptomatic patients because the risk of embolic events is lower, but it is not known whether the hemodynamic effect of CEA is different between the groups. We evaluated hemodynamics of symptomatic and asymptomatic patient groups before and after CEA. METHODS Forty-six indepe...