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ArticleStroke2024

Prediction of Severe Baseline Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis and Subsequent Risk of Stroke and Cardiovascular Disease.

Michiel H F Poorthuis, Steven H J Hageman, Aernoud T L Fiolet, L Jaap Kappelle, Michiel L Bots, Ph Gabriel Steg, Frank L J Visseren, Deepak L Bhatt, Gert J de Borst

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Article in Stroke, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Michiel H F PoorthuisDepartment of Neurology (M.H.F.P., L.J.K.), University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-5198-2823
Steven H J HagemanDepartment of Vascular Medicine (S.H.J.H., F.L.J.V.), University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-2299-6745
Aernoud T L FioletDepartment of Cardiology (A.T.L.F.), University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-5328-2564
L Jaap KappelleDepartment of Neurology (M.H.F.P., L.J.K.), University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-8665-6630
Michiel L BotsJulius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care (M.L.B.), University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-2871-9810
Ph Gabriel StegUniversité Paris-Cité, INSERM-UMR1148, F-75018, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Bichat, French Alliance for Cardiovascular Trials, France (P.G.S.).ORCID 0000-0001-6896-2941
Frank L J VisserenDepartment of Vascular Medicine (S.H.J.H., F.L.J.V.), University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-3951-5223
Deepak L BhattMount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY (D.L.B.).ORCID 0000-0002-1278-6245
Gert J de BorstDepartment of Vascular Surgery (G.J.B.), University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-1389-4141

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRisk models to identify patients at high risk of asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis (ACAS) can help in selecting patients for screening, but long-term outcomes in these patients are unknown. We assessed the diagnostic and prognostic value of the previously published Prevalence of ACAS (PACAS) risk model to detect ACAS at baseline and to predict subsequent risk of stroke and cardiovascular disease (CVD) during follow-up.

methodsWe validated the discrimination and calibration of the PACAS risk model to detect severe (≥70% narrowing) ACAS with patients from the Reduction of Atherothrombosis for Continued Health registry. We subsequently calculated the incidence rates of stroke and CVD (fatal and nonfatal stroke or myocardial infarction or vascular death) during follow-up in 4 risk groups (low, medium, high, and very high, corresponding to sum scores of ≤9, 10-13, 14-17, and ≥18, respectively).

resultsAmong 26 384 patients, aged between 45 and 80 years, without prior carotid procedures, 1662 (6.3%) had severe baseline ACAS. During ≈70 000 patient-years of follow-up, 1124 strokes and 2484 CVD events occurred. Discrimination of the PACAS model was 0.67 (95% CI, 0.65-0.68), and calibration showed adequate concordance between predicted and observed risks of severe baseline ACAS after recalibration. Significantly higher incidence rates of stroke (

conclusionsThe PACAS risk model can reliably identify patients at high risk of severe baseline ACAS. Incidence rates of stroke and CVD during follow-up were significantly higher in patients with high PACAS sum scores. Selective screening of patients with high PACAS sum scores may help to prevent future stroke or CVD.

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Cardiovascular DiseasesCarotid StenosisStrokeAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansIncidenceMaleMiddle AgedRegistriesRisk AssessmentRisk Factorsasymptomatic diseasescardiovascular diseasescarotid stenosisepidemiologic methodsmass screeningrisk assessmentstroke

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