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Arterial Diseases, Common Carotid

MedGen UID:
148212
•Concept ID:
C0750987
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Common Carotid Artery Disease; Common Carotid Artery Diseases

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Society for Vascular Surgery clinical practice guidelines for management of extracranial cerebrovascular disease.
AbuRahma AF, Avgerinos ED, Chang RW, Darling RC 3rd, Duncan AA, Forbes TL, Malas MB, Murad MH, Perler BA, Powell RJ, Rockman CB, Zhou W
J Vasc Surg 2022 Jan;75(1S):4S-22S. Epub 2021 Jun 19 doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2021.04.073. PMID: 34153348
Duplex velocity criteria for carotid endarterectomy.
Brott TG, Meschia JF, Lal BK
J Vasc Surg 2017 Apr;65(4):938-939. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2017.01.008. PMID: 28342520Free PMC Article
Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiac Risk Assessment and Management for Patients Who Undergo Noncardiac Surgery.
Duceppe E, Parlow J, MacDonald P, Lyons K, McMullen M, Srinathan S, Graham M, Tandon V, Styles K, Bessissow A, Sessler DI, Bryson G, Devereaux PJ
Can J Cardiol 2017 Jan;33(1):17-32. Epub 2016 Oct 4 doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2016.09.008. PMID: 27865641

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Optimizing Carotid Care: What Is the Role for Carotid Artery Stenting in 2024?
Gurm HS, Naik R, Osborne N
JACC Cardiovasc Interv 2024 May 13;17(9):1160-1162. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2024.04.002. PMID: 38749597
Carotid Ultrasound.
Scoutt LM, Gunabushanam G
Radiol Clin North Am 2019 May;57(3):501-518. Epub 2019 Feb 22 doi: 10.1016/j.rcl.2019.01.008. PMID: 30928074
Carotid blowout.
Dixon L, Warriner D
Br J Hosp Med (Lond) 2012 Jul;73(7):C98-100. doi: 10.12968/hmed.2012.73.sup7.c98. PMID: 22875399
Cervical artery dissections.
Leys D, Debette S, Lucas C, Leclerc X
Handb Clin Neurol 2009;93:751-65. doi: 10.1016/S0072-9752(08)93037-2. PMID: 18804678
Atherosclerosis and lupus.
Gorman C, Isenberg D
Rheumatology (Oxford) 2004 Aug;43(8):943-5. Epub 2004 May 18 doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keh217. PMID: 15150432

Diagnosis

Carotid artery disease.
Ratchford EV, Evans NS
Vasc Med 2014 Dec;19(6):512-5. Epub 2014 Oct 31 doi: 10.1177/1358863X14557722. PMID: 25362109
Carotid blowout.
Dixon L, Warriner D
Br J Hosp Med (Lond) 2012 Jul;73(7):C98-100. doi: 10.12968/hmed.2012.73.sup7.c98. PMID: 22875399
Carotid endarterectomy.
Allain R, Marone LK, Meltzer J, Jeyabalan G
Int Anesthesiol Clin 2005 Winter;43(1):15-38. doi: 10.1097/01.aia.0000150279.00355.6c. PMID: 15632515
Carotid stenosis.
Lancet 1981 Mar 7;1(8219):535-6. PMID: 6111637
Ischaemic carotid strokes.
Jennett WB
Scott Med J 1967 Oct;12(10):368-76. doi: 10.1177/003693306701201006. PMID: 4864033

Therapy

Carotid artery stenting.
Roffi M, Kulcsár Z, Carrera E, Cremonesi A
Heart 2016 Jul 1;102(13):1059-69. Epub 2016 Mar 4 doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2015-307638. PMID: 26944655
Do less harm.
Albuquerque FC
J Neurointerv Surg 2012 May;4(3):155. doi: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2012-010324. PMID: 22491508
Interventional neuroradiology.
Pelz D, Lylyk P, Negoro M
Stroke 2004 Feb;35(2):381-2. doi: 10.1161/01.STR.0000115166.04978.C8. PMID: 14757886
Ultrasound and arterial wall disease.
Hennerici M, Baezner H, Daffertshofer M
Cerebrovasc Dis 2004;17 Suppl 1:19-33. doi: 10.1159/000074792. PMID: 14694277
Stroke. An overview.
Patterson RH Jr
Ophthalmology 1988 Oct;95(10):1473-7. doi: 10.1016/s0161-6420(88)33006-x. PMID: 3067183

Prognosis

Breastfeeding is associated with lower subclinical atherosclerosis in postmenopausal women.
Augoulea A, Armeni E, Paschou SA, Georgiopoulos G, Stamatelopoulos K, Lambrinoudaki I
Gynecol Endocrinol 2020 Sep;36(9):796-799. Epub 2020 Jun 25 doi: 10.1080/09513590.2020.1782374. PMID: 32584151
The relationship between the metabolic syndrome and arterial wall thickness: A mosaic still to be interpreted.
Scuteri A, Franco OH, Majiid A, Jolita B, Sergey B, Cheng HM, Chen CH, Choi SW, Francesco C, De Buyzere ML, Alessandro D, Marcus D, Gunnar E, Albert H, Seul-Ki J, Kweon SS, Michel L, Lee YH, Mattace Raso F, Olle M, Morrell CH, Park KS, Rietzschel ER, Kristina R, Ryliskyte L, Ulf S, David S, Shin MH, Irina S, Shih-Hsien S, Olga T, Völzke H, Lakatta EG, Nilsson P; MARE Consortium
Atherosclerosis 2016 Dec;255:11-16. Epub 2016 Oct 15 doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2016.10.032. PMID: 27794213Free PMC Article
Therapeutic options for carotid in-stent restenosis: review of the literature.
van Haaften AC, Bots ML, Moll FL, de Borst GJ
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2010 Oct;21(10):1471-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2010.06.010. PMID: 20801680
Incidence of peripheral vascular disease in women: is it different from that in men?
Cheanvechai V, Harthun NL, Graham LM, Freischlag JA, Gahtan V
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 Feb;127(2):314-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2003.10.019. PMID: 14762335
Carotid artery rupture.
Schiech L
Clin J Oncol Nurs 2000 Mar-Apr;4(2):93-4. PMID: 11107382

Clinical prediction guides

Carotid Plaque-RADS: A Novel Stroke Risk Classification System.
Saba L, Cau R, Murgia A, Nicolaides AN, Wintermark M, Castillo M, Staub D, Kakkos SK, Yang Q, Paraskevas KI, Yuan C, Edjlali M, Sanfilippo R, Hendrikse J, Johansson E, Mossa-Basha M, Balu N, Dichgans M, Saloner D, Bos D, Jager HR, Naylor R, Faa G, Suri JS, Costello J, Auer DP, Mcnally JS, Bonati LH, Nardi V, van der Lugt A, Griffin M, Wasserman BA, Kooi ME, Gillard J, Lanzino G, Mikhailidis DP, Mandell DM, Benson JC, van Dam-Nolen DHK, Kopczak A, Song JW, Gupta A, DeMarco JK, Chaturvedi S, Virmani R, Hatsukami TS, Brown M, Moody AR, Libby P, Schindler A, Saam T
JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2024 Jan;17(1):62-75. Epub 2023 Oct 11 doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2023.09.005. PMID: 37823860
Imaging of the high-risk carotid plaque: magnetic resonance imaging.
Kerwin WS, Miller Z, Yuan C
Semin Vasc Surg 2017 Mar;30(1):54-61. Epub 2017 Apr 27 doi: 10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2017.04.009. PMID: 28818259
Biobanking in carotid artery disease: translation to clinical practice.
van Koeverden ID, Vrijenhoek JE, de Borst GJ, den Ruijter HM, Pasterkamp G
J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) 2017 Apr;58(2):178-186. Epub 2017 Jan 4 doi: 10.23736/S0021-9509.17.09859-7. PMID: 28051291
Neuroimaging of the vulnerable plaque.
Lovblad KO, Mendes-Pereira V, Garibotto V, Assal F, Willi JP, Stztajzel R, Ratib O, Vargas MI
Curr Vasc Pharmacol 2015;13(2):182-91. doi: 10.2174/15701611113116660164. PMID: 24188487Free PMC Article
Cardiovascular risk assessment in individual patients from carotid intimal-medial thickness measurements.
Riley WA
Curr Atheroscler Rep 2004 May;6(3):225-31. doi: 10.1007/s11883-004-0036-3. PMID: 15068748

Recent systematic reviews

Society for Vascular Surgery clinical practice guidelines for management of extracranial cerebrovascular disease.
AbuRahma AF, Avgerinos ED, Chang RW, Darling RC 3rd, Duncan AA, Forbes TL, Malas MB, Murad MH, Perler BA, Powell RJ, Rockman CB, Zhou W
J Vasc Surg 2022 Jan;75(1S):4S-22S. Epub 2021 Jun 19 doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2021.04.073. PMID: 34153348
Global and regional prevalence, burden, and risk factors for carotid atherosclerosis: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and modelling study.
Song P, Fang Z, Wang H, Cai Y, Rahimi K, Zhu Y, Fowkes FGR, Fowkes FJI, Rudan I
Lancet Glob Health 2020 May;8(5):e721-e729. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30117-0. PMID: 32353319
Carotid Near-Occlusion: A Comprehensive Review, Part 1--Definition, Terminology, and Diagnosis.
Johansson E, Fox AJ
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2016 Jan;37(1):2-10. Epub 2015 Aug 27 doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A4432. PMID: 26316571Free PMC Article
Which is a better treatment for carotid artery stenosis: stenting or endarterectomy?
Burgazli KM, Bilgin M, Kavukcu E, Mericliler M, Bohl N, Atmaca N
Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2013 Apr;17(8):1025-32. PMID: 23661515
Endovascular stenting of extracranial carotid artery aneurysm: a systematic review.
Li Z, Chang G, Yao C, Guo L, Liu Y, Wang M, Liu D, Wang S
Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2011 Oct;42(4):419-26. Epub 2011 Jun 8 doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2011.05.008. PMID: 21646029

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