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Carotid Disease and Stroke

Carotid Disease and Stroke. Stroke is a major cause of disability, mortality, dementia, and depression in the world. Carotid atherosclerosis is recognized as an important cause of stroke and a modifiable factor for the risk reduction of subsequent stroke. Randomized clinical trials have shown efficacy of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) in secondary stroke prevention. Carotid stenting has emerged as a new and less invasive alternative to CEA. Continuous advances in medical therapy have made remarkable success in stroke risk reduction. These new treatment modalities were not widely applied in most interventional trials, making extrapolation of an optimal intervention strategy evermore complex in patients with symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid disease. The determination between “symptomatic” and “asymptomatic” carotid stenosis is a pivotal determinant of management of carotid disease. This special issue provides an updated synopsis of risk factors, imaging modalities, and different treatment options of atherosclerotic carotid disease.

stroke; treatment of stroke

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