Diagnosis and management of carotid atherosclerosis

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 346, Issue 7900, 2013, Pages

  Thapar, Ankur ^a   Jenkins, Ieuan Harri ^b   Mehta, Amrish ^b   Davies, Alun Huw ^c  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; CLOPIDOGREL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; WARFARIN;

ABCD SCORE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAROTID ARTERY ANOMALY; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ARTERY BRUIT; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ARTERIOGRAM; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EXERCISE; HEART INFARCTION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HEMATOMA; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MICROEMBOLISM; MONOCULAR VISION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NECK HEMATOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCULAR SURFACE DISEASE; PARESTHESIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERIOPERATIVE STROKE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PEROPERATIVE STROKE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TRANSITIONAL BLINDNESS; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL FIELD;

CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TICLOPIDINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 84875438051     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f1485     Document Type: Review

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