Why the study?
Can imaging tools (Doppler and MRI) identify high-risk subpopulations for stroke in patients with asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis?
Population
Patients with asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis (ACS)
Design
Review
Authors
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May support imaging-guided risk stratification for asymptomatic carotid stenosis; hypothesis-generating for targeted revascularization pending prospective trials.
Can imaging tools (Doppler and MRI) identify high-risk subpopulations for stroke in patients with asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis?
Imaging tools such as Doppler and MRI can identify high-risk features in asymptomatic carotid stenosis to guide revascularization decisions.
Shyam Prabhakaran (2015) studied this question.
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