title: Guidelines for screening of extracranial carotid artery disease: a statement for healthcare professionals from the multidisciplinary practice guidelines committee of the American Society of Neuroimaging; cosponsored by the Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology.
abstract: The aim of this new statement is to provide comprehensive and timely evidence-based recommendations on the screening for asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis in the general population and selected subsets of patients. Recommendations are included for high-risk persons in the general population; patients undergoing open heart surgery including coronary artery bypass surgery; patients with peripheral vascular diseases, abdominal aortic aneurysms, and renal artery stenosis; patients after radiotherapy for head and neck malignancies; patients following carotid endarterectomy, or carotid artery stent placement; patients with retinal ischemic syndromes; patients with syncope, dizziness, vertigo or tinnitus; and patients with a family history of vascular diseases and hyperhomocysteinemia. The recommendations are based on prevalence of disease, anticipated benefit, and concurrent guidelines from other professional organizations in selected populations.
authors.affiliation: Zeenat Qureshi Stroke Research Center (AIQ), University of Minnescta, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. aiqureshi@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Adnan I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Qureshi
authors.forename: Andrei V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Alexandrov
authors.forename: Charles H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Tegeler
authors.forename: Robert W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Hobson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dennis Baker
authors.forename: L Nelson
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Hopkins
mesh_terms: D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors