Guidelines: carotid artery disease screening
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The Multidisciplinary Practice Guidelines Committee of the American Society of Neuroimaging and the Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology have released guidelines outlining which patient and population groups should be screened for asymptomatic extracranial carotid artery stenosis. The committee categorized the value of screening on the basis of the expected prevalence of carotid artery stenosis within the group, the anticipated benefit from intervention according to ACAS, ACST and SAPPHIRE trial results, and existing recommendations.
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