Carotid artery disease: clinical features and management |
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| Authors: | A Ross Naylor |
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| Institution: | A Ross Naylor MD FRCS is Professor, Department of Vascular Surgery at Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK. Conflicts of interest: none declared |
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| Abstract: | The commonest cause of ischaemic carotid territory stroke is thromboembolism from stenoses in the extracranial internal carotid artery (ICA). In the majority, embolism is preceded by an acute change in plaque morphology thereby predisposing the patient to overlying thrombus formation and embolization. |
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| Keywords: | Carotid endarterectomy carotid stenting stenosis stroke thromboembolism |
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