Which Patients Having Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis Might Benefit From Screening? | Zendy

D Hadjiev | Zendy; Petya Pencheva Mineva | Zendy

AI Assistant Blog Pricing

Home ZAIA Blog

Open Access

Which Patients Having Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis Might Benefit From Screening?

Author(s) -

D Hadjiev,

Petya Pencheva Mineva

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.110.594184

Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , stenosis , epidemiology , stroke (engine) , carotid arteries , population , cardiology , carotid endarterectomy , radiology , mechanical engineering , environmental health , engineering

To the Editor:We read with interest the article by de Weerd et al, published in the June issue of Stroke .1 The authors have performed an individual patient data meta-analysis from 4 population-based studies with the aim to estimate the prevalence of asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis (ACAS). They have found that the prevalence of moderate carotid stenosis (≥50%) ranges from 0% to 7.5% and the …

The content you want is available to Zendy users.

Already have an account? Click here to sign in.

Having issues? You can contact us here

Accelerating Research