Kosmas I Paraskevas, Dimitri P Mikhailidis, Pier L Antignani, Hediyeh Baradaran, Reinoud Ph Bokkers, Richard P Cambria, Alan Dardik, Alun H Davies, Hans-Henning Eckstein, Gianluca Faggioli, José Fernandes E Fernandes, Gustav Fraedrich, George Geroulakos, Peter Gloviczki, Jonathan Golledge, Ajay Gupta, Mateja K Jezovnik, Stavros K Kakkos, Niki Katsiki, Michael Knoflach, M Eline Kooi, Gaetano Lanza, Christos D Liapis, Ian M Loftus, Armando Mansilha, Antoine Millon, Andrew N Nicolaides, Rodolfo Pini, Pavel Poredos, Jean-Baptiste Ricco, Thomas S Riles, Peter Arthur Ringleb, Tatjana Rundek, Luca Saba, Felix Schlachetzki, Mauro Silvestrini, Francesco Spinelli, Francesco Stilo, Sherif Sultan, Jasjit S Suri, Clark J Zeebregts, Seemant Chaturvedi
The recommendations of international guidelines for the management of asymptomatic carotid stenosis (ACS) often vary considerably and extend from a conservative approach with risk factor modification and best medical treatment (BMT) alone, to a more aggressive approach with a carotid intervention plus BMT. The aim of the current multispecialty position statement was to reconcile the conflicting views on the topic. A literature review was performed with a focus on data from recent studies. Several clinical and imaging high-risk features have been identified that are associated with an increased long-term ipsilateral ischemic stroke risk in patients with ACS...
April 2022: International Angiology: a Journal of the International Union of Angiology