Re-evaluation of Carotid Duplex for Visual Complaints: Who Really Needs to Be Studied?

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 635-640

  Wakefield, Matthew C ^a   O'Donnell, Sean D ^a   Goff Jr , James M ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; STATINE DERIVATIVE; WARFARIN;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID DUPLEX ECHOGRAPHY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CENTRAL RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECHOGRAPHY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOLLENHORST PLAQUE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; TRANSITIONAL BLINDNESS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0346995099     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-003-0073-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (22)

1. Wilson LA, Warlow CP, Russell RW. Cardiovascular disease in patients with retinal arterial occlusion. Lancet 1979;1(8111):292-294.
2. Chawluk JB, Kushner MJ, Bank WJ, et al. Atherosclerotic carotid artery disease in patients with retinal ischemic syndromes. Neurology 1988;38:858-863.
3. Bunt TJ. The clinical significance of the asymptomatic Hollenhorst plaque. J Vasc Surg 1986;4:559-562.
4. Schwarcz TH, Eton D, Ellenby MI, et al. Hollenhorst plaques: retinal manifestations and the role of carotid endarterectomy. J Vasc Surg 1990;11:635-641.
5. Melissano G, Castellano R, Zucca R, et al. Results of carotid endarterectomy performed with preoperative duplex ultrasound assessment alone. Vasc Surg 2001;35:95-101.
6. Dawson DL, Zierler RE, Strandess DE, et al. The role of duplex scanning and arteriography before endarterectomy: a prospective study. J Vasc Surg 1993;18:673-682.
7. Erdoes LS, Marek JM, Mills JL, et al. The relative contribution of carotid duplex scanning, magnetic resonance angiography and cerebral angiography to clinical decision making: a prospective study in patients with carotid occlusive disease. J Vasc Surg 1996;23:950-956.
8. Mattos MA, Hodgson KJ, Fraught WE, et al. Carotid endarterectomy without angiography: is color-flow duplex scanning sufficient? Surgery 1994;116:776-782.
9. Sharma S, Brown GC, Pater JL, et al. Does a visible retinal embolus increase the likelihood of hemodynamically significant carotid artery stenosis in patients with acute retinal artery occlusion? Arch Ophthalmol 1998;116:1602-1606.
10. Bull DA, Fante RG, Hunter GC, et al. Correlation of ophthalmic findings with carotid artery stenosis. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) 1992;33:401-406.
11. Merchut MP, Gupta SR, Naheedy MH. The relation of retinal artery occlusion and carotid artery stenosis. Stroke 1988;19:1239-1242.
12. Kirshner RL, Green RM, Searl SS, et al. Ocular manifestations of carotid artery atheroma. J Vasc Surg 1985;2:850-853.
13. Jackson MR, Chang AS, Robles HA, et al. Determination of 60% or greater carotid stenosis: a prospective comparison of magnetic resonance angiography and duplex ultrasound with conventional angiography. Ann Vasc Surg 1998;12:236-243.
14. Brickner ME. Cardioembolic stroke. Am J Med 1996;100:465-474.
15. Inzitari D, Eliasziw M, Gates P, et al. The causes and risk of stroke in patients with asymptomatic internal-carotid-artery stenosis. N Engl J Med 2000;342:1693-1700.
16. Kessler C, Milusch R, Guo Y, et al. Embolism from the aortic arch in patients with cerebral ischemia. Thromb Res 1996;84:145-155.
17. Hollenhorst RW. Significance of bright plaques in the retinal arterioles. JAMA 1961;178:123-129.
18. David NJ, Klintworth GK, Friedberg SJ, et al. Fatal atheromatous embolism associated with bright plaques in the retinal arterioles. Neurology 1963;13:708-713.
19. Hollenhorst RW. Vascular status of patients who have choleslerol emboli to the retina. Am J Ophthalmol 1966;61:1159-1165.
20. Executive Committee for the Asymtomatic Carotid Atherosclerosis Study Endarterectomy for asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis. JAMA 1995;273:1421-1428.
21. NASCET CollaboratorsBeneficial effect of carotid endarterectomy in symptomatic patients with high-grade carotid stenosis. N Engl J Med 1991;325:505-507.
22. Wein TH, Bornstein NM. Stroke prevention: cardiac and carotid-related stroke. Neurol Clin 2000;18:321-341.