title: [Extracranial carotid stenosis: diagnostics, therapy and follow-up].
abstract: Up to 30,000 cases of ischemic stroke associated with carotid stenoses occur each year in Germany which raises the question of an adequate treatment. This article presents a review of the guideline-conform diagnostics and therapy of carotid stenosis.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Neuroradiologie, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Kirrberger Str., 66424, Homburg-Saar, Deutschland. wolfgang.reith@uniklinik-saarland.de
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Reith
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography / Q000592:standards*; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D020521:Stroke / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*