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May 20, 2022European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular SurgeryOpen Access

Editor's Choice – European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) 2023 Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Atherosclerotic Carotid and Vertebral Artery Disease

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Key Points

To provide updated, evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis, medical therapy, and surgical or endovascular management of atherosclerotic carotid and vertebral artery disease.
Expert consensus panel guideline development by the European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS).
Systematic literature review evaluating diagnostic modalities, medical interventions, carotid endarterectomy, and stenting procedures.
Comprehensive guidance addresses risk stratification using absolute risk reduction metrics to guide revascularization decisions in symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid stenosis.
Recommendations detail optimal medical management and the comparative utility of stenting platforms, including bare metal and balloon-expandable stents, alongside open surgical revascularization.

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Population

Patients with atherosclerotic carotid and vertebral artery disease

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Intervention

Management of atherosclerotic carotid and vertebral artery disease (clinical practice guidelines)

Implication

The 2023 ESVS guidelines provide updated recommendations for the management of atherosclerotic carotid and vertebral artery disease.

Abstract

No abstract was published with this document — society guidelines, consensus pathways, and scientific statements are typically released without one. See the Key Points and the linked PDF for the full content.

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Naylor et al. (2022) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7d088176c74e41c946c97e https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2022.04.011

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