title: Recent experience with the asymptomatic cervical bruit.
abstract: To document our recent experience with asymptomatic cervical bruit, we reviewed the records of 418 patients referred to the noninvasive vascular laboratory. Mean follow-up of 23.7 months was obtained for 370 patients by record review or telephone. In a group of 313 patients not operated on, transient ischemic attacks occurred in 14 and stroke in seven (6.7%). The risk of neurologic morbidity was highest in patients with advanced carotid stenosis. Carotid endarterectomy was performed 62 times in 57 patients, with one stroke (1.6%). If carotid endarterectomy is performed with low morbidity, identification of selected surgical candidates with advanced carotid stenosis is reasonable.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Donaldson
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sabine
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Showah
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Bucknam
mesh_terms: D001314:Auscultation; D001766:Blindness / Q000453:epidemiology; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D004691:Endarterectomy; D005123:Eye / Q000098:blood supply; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000453:epidemiology; D009333:Neck; D010991:Plethysmography; D013997:Time Factors; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014715:Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / Q000453:epidemiology