BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE In the discussion on the cost-effectiveness of screening, precise estimates of severe asymptomatic carotid stenosis are vital. Accordingly, we assessed the prevalence of moderate and severe asymptomatic carotid stenosis by age and sex using pooled cohort data. METHODS We performed an individual participant data meta-analysis (23 706 participants) of 4 population-based s...

Many studies have shown that carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) is associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD). Although it remains inconclusive whether assessment of carotid IMT is useful as a screening test for CVD in Japanese diabetic patients, a total of 271 patients (151 men aged 66 ± 10 (standard deviation) years and 220 women aged 71 ± 8 years) were divided into two groups based on th...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of carotid artery stenosis (CAS) in the general population is not high enough to justify screening programs. This study was done to determine the prevalence of asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis (ACAS) among patients with severe peripheral vascular disease (PVD). METHODS Between March 2005 and February 2006, 54 consecutive patients with severe PVD admitted at a vas...

BACKGROUND Kidney transplant candidates undergo rigorous testing prior to clearance for transplantation. Because kidney transplant candidates may be at increased risk for carotid artery stenosis because of arteriosclerosis and atherosclerosis secondary to hypertension, vascular calcification, and diabetes, carotid ultrasound is often performed with the intent of preventing a cerebrovascular acc...

These are evidence based guidelines for the management of patients with carotid stenosis, developed and endorsed by Croatian Society of Neurovascular Disorders, Croatian Society of Neurology, Croatian Society of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Croatian Society for Radiology, Croatian Society of Vascular Surgery and Croatian Society of Neurosurgery. They consist of recommendations for noninv...

PURPOSE To assess the accuracy of MR angiography alone in screening for vascular stenosis of the common carotid bifurcation. METHODS Two hundred two common carotid bifurcations in 101 patients were evaluated with MR angiography and selective contrast arteriography. A two-dimensional time-of-flight pulse sequence was used to obtain sequential transverse images through the common carotid bifurc...

BACKGROUND We sought to evaluate the routine echo-Doppler screening of carotid artery stenosis in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. METHODS A total of 2179 consecutive patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting alone or with other cardiac surgery at Tehran Heart Center, Tehran-Iran, between January 2005 and January 2006 were included in this retrospective study....

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence and risk factors for radiation-induced carotid stenosis in patients with malignant neoplasms of the head and neck. DESIGN Prospective cross-sectional screening of extracranial carotid stenosis by color-flow duplex ultrasonography with an analysis of demographic and comorbid risk factors. SETTING Tertiary oncology and vascular referral center. PATIENTS...

This study aimed to compare the clinical value of carotid ultrasound and digital subtraction angiography (DSA) for artery stenosis in patients with cerebral infarction. Sixty infarction underwent DSA. Carotid stenosis, degree (mild, moderate, severe, occlusion), plaques were recorded compared. rate was 96.67 % (58/60) 91.67 (55/60) on DSA ultrasound, respectively, difference not statistically s...

Duplex ultrasound is currently used both for screening and for preoperative assessment of the carotid arteries and has completely replaced carotid angiography for the latter purpose in many institutions. The study aimed to identify resistivity index abnormalities in the common carotid arteries in patients with occluded or severely stenosed internal carotid arteries. Sixteen patients with severe...