1. 2011 ASA/ACCF/AHA/AANN/AANS/ACR/ASNR/CNS/SAIP/SCAI/SIR/SNIS/SVM/SVS Guideline on the Management of Patients With Extracranial Carotid and Vertebral Artery Disease: Executive Summary
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Thomas S. Riles, Mark A. Creager, Wesley S. Moore, Ruth L. Bush, Thomas G. Brott, Peter D. Panagos, Suhny Abbara, Jonathan L. Halperin, E. Bruce McIff, Vicki S. Hertzberg, Susan B. Fowler, Allen J. Taylor, Gary Friday, Robert H. Rosenwasser, John D. Barr, Christopher U. Cates, and J. Michael Bacharach
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Duplex ultrasonography ,medicine.medical_treatment ,extracranial carotidartery ,Carotid endarterectomy ,vertebral artery disease ,Revascularization ,Asymptomatic ,Internal medicine ,carotid stenting ,medicine ,Stroke ,ACCF/AHA Practice Guidelines ,business.industry ,Guideline ,medicine.disease ,carotid endarter-ectomy ,stroke ,Stenosis ,Cardiology ,carotid stenosis ,revascularization ,medicine.symptom ,Carotid stenting ,business ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine - Abstract
Preamble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .491 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .493 2. Recommendations for Duplex Ultrasonography to Evaluate Asymptomatic Patients With Known or Suspected Carotid Stenosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .494 3. Recommendations for Diagnostic Testing in Patients With Symptoms or Signs of Extracranial Carotid Artery Disease . . . . . . . . . . . . .495 4. Recommendations for the Treatment of Hypertension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .495 5. Recommendation for Cessation of Tobacco Smoking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .495 6. Recommendations for Control of Hyperlipidemia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .496 7. Recommendations for Management of Diabetes Mellitus in Patients With Atherosclerosis of the Extracranial Carotid or Vertebral Arteries. . . . . . . . . . . . …
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- 2011
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