Is the percentage of stenosis of the internal carotid artery a reliable measure of the risk of ischemic stroke? A morphometric study by duplex ultrasound of aortic arch branches in 500 normal adults

Results: In included 3 studies (387 patients, 774 arteries) the sensitivity of the US in the evaluation of the complicated plaques was significantly low comparing to that of

Pereira L, Jenkins TM, Berghella V (2003) Conventional management of maternal red cell alloimmunization compared with management by Doppler assessment of middle cerebral artery

Decision regarding endarterectomy, stenting or medical treatment including combinations thereof requires judgment and experience to reach a correct prognosis and degree of

a Preoperative VR image of right carotid stenosis showing severe stenosis at the bifurcation (arrow); b VR image of the same case after CEA showing improvement of stenosis (arrow); c

A multicenter, randomized clinical trial of surgical revascularization (external to internal carotid artery bypass) for patients with symptomatic carotid occlusion and increased

It is clear that the pres- ence of a carotid bruit should prompt a carotid du- plex ultrasound to screen for carotid stenosis and the patients must be followed regularly for

Both the North American Symptomatic Endarterec- tomy Trial (NASCET) and European Carotid Sur- gery Trial (ECST) demonstrated definite benefit of carotid endarterectomy (CEA)