CT angiography appears to be an excellent screening test for internal carotid artery stenosis, and the authors advocate its use for the initial imaging of patients with suspected stroke or TIA.

Carotid Artery Dissection: (Left) Right Carotid Angiogram at the level of the carotid bifurcation; (Middle) Right Carotid Angiogram at the level of the base of the skull; (Right) Axial CT scan 3 days ...

Patients with PSVs of the ICA of > 140 cm/s underwent carotid computed tomographic (CT) angiography. The perioperative stroke rate was 1.2%. When the old DUS velocity criteria for nonstented ...

Three days later, she developed the abrupt onset of a left hemiparesis. Carotid Artery Dissection: (Left) Right Carotid Angiogram; (Right) Axial CT scan 3 days after the fall. Note on the angiogram ...

Laurence C. Baker ( [email protected]) is a professor of health research and policy and CHP/PCOR fellow in the Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University, in California.

carotid CT angiography or invasive carotid angiography. Revascularization is indicated when the luminal stenosis is > 80% and can be done either surgically or via carotid artery stenting.

In a dedicated session at the 2017 European Atherosclerosis Society meeting last week, speakers argued the relative merits of 3-D ultrasound, CT angiography, and positron emission tomography/magnetic ...