ArticleStroke research and treatment2012
Asymptomatic and symptomatic carotid stenosis: an obsolete classification?
Article in Stroke research and treatment, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Assessment of Inflammatory and Oxidative Stress Biomarkers for Predicting of Patients with Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Carotid artery stenting for asymptomatic stenosis is associated with decreased 30-day readmission at very high volume centers.Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia · 2023Article
- Carotid Intraplaque Neovascularization and Future Vascular Events in Patients With Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022Article
- Frequency, risk factors, and outcomes in patients with significant carotid artery disease admitted to King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh with Ischemic Stroke.Neurosciences (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) · 2019Article
- Computed tomography angiography evaluation of internal carotid artery free-floating thrombus--single-center diagnosis, false-positives, and follow-up.Emergency radiology · 2012Article
- Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis: Several Guidelines with Unclear Answers.Annals of Indian Academy of NeurologyArticle
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Abstract
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 phases of activity of the one and the same condition and blur the significant message that carotid stenosis is a most important marker of systemic atherosclerosis, which is accompanied by a much higher risk of cardiovascular events rather than stroke. As a consequence, early diagnosis and followup during best medical treatment, life-style management, regular cardiovascular assessment, and good control of all vascular risk factors should be recommended in all patients with carotid stenosis-whether identified in the long-lasting "silent" or short-lasting "vulnerable" period lasting only a few weeks after cerebral ischemia. Patients in this short time window benefit from additional carotid intervention, under the condition of an individually favorable benefit-risk ratio ("individual vulnerability").
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