Why the study?
Does color doppler ultrasound accurately assess extracranial carotid artery disease in patients with cerebrovascular symptoms?
Does color doppler ultrasound accurately assess extracranial carotid artery disease in patients with cerebrovascular symptoms?
Color Doppler sonography is a useful, non-invasive modality for evaluating extracranial carotid vessels and predicting cerebrovascular accidents in patients with carotid atheromatous disease.
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May support Doppler screening for carotid disease in symptomatic patients; leaves open prospective accuracy validation versus angiography.
Bollipo et al. (2018) studied this question.
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