Key result
Noninvasive carotid testing may help guide clinical decisions for surgical management in patients with threatened stroke when indications are unclear.
Noninvasive carotid testing can help guide clinical decision-making for surgical management in patients with threatened stroke when indications are ambiguous.
Answers are grounded in this paper and cite their sources.
May support noninvasive testing in ambiguous threatened stroke cases; leaves open need for prospective validation.
The various noninvasive tests have different inherent limitations, and expectations of the tests must take these limitations into account. The tests' main value lies in cases where indications do not clearly favor surgical management nor do they contraindicate it for prophylaxis of threatened stroke. In such cases, test results may help sway the clinician's decision. Intravenous digital subtraction angiography may affect the application of the traditional noninvasive technologies in the future.
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
David C. Anderson (1983) conducted a review in Threatened stroke. Noninvasive carotid testing was evaluated. Noninvasive carotid testing may help guide clinical decisions for surgical management in patients with threatened stroke when indications are unclear.
Synapse has enriched 10 related papers. Consider them for comparative context: