Anne L. Abbott

TL;DR: It was found that rates of ipsilateral and any-territory stroke (+/−TIA), with medical intervention alone, have fallen significantly since the mid-1980s, with recent estimates overlapping those of operated patients in randomized trials, however, current medical interventionalone was estimated at least 3 to 8 times more cost-effective.

TL;DR: Cerebrovascular risk stratification is possible using a combination of clinical and ultrasonic plaque features in patients with asymptomatic internal carotid artery stenosis, and these findings need to be validated in additional prospective studies of patients receiving optimal medical intervention alone.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared and appraised contemporary guidelines on management of asymptomatic and symptomatic carotid artery stenosis, and systematically searched for guidelines for different types of stenosis.

TL;DR: Progressive asymptomatic carotid stenosis identified a subgroup with about twice the risk of ipsilateral stroke compared with those without progression, and the clinical value of screening for progression simply for selecting patients for carotids procedures is limited because of the low frequency of progression and its relatively low associated stroke rate.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors tested the hypothesis that transcranial Doppler embolic signal (ES) detection identifies an increased risk of ipsilateral carotid stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) in subjects with asymptomatic severe Carotid stenosis.