title: [Carotid stenosis: epidemiology and symptomatology (see comment)].
abstract: Risk factors for atherosclerotic carotid stenoses are smoking, arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus and hypercholesterolaemia. Atherosclerotic carotid artery disease is a risk factor for the development of coronary artery disease (CAD), and in older men the risk of CAD-related death is five times higher than the risk of death related to ischaemic stroke. The prevalence of > 50% carotid stenoses in population-based studies in 6-11% for older men and 5-7% in older women. Diagnosis and differential diagnosis of ischaemia-related ophthalmologic and neurological deficits in the territory of the carotid artery are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Neurologische Klinik, Universitätsspital Zürich. Ralf.Baumgartner@nos.usz.ch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mosso
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Baumgartner
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality