<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Stroke is a common cause of adult disability and the third cause of death in Western European countries. Carotid disease is a well-known risk factor for ischemic stroke, and this relationship is established. However, only a minority of the population with atherosclerosis will have a stroke.The aim of these paper is to establish the relation between carotid atherosclerosis and first ischemic stroke. We performed an observational study, including 159 patients with carotid atherosclerosis. Our patients were examined with carotid ultrasound examination and cranio-cerebral computed tomography. We excluded patient with other cause of cerebral ischemia such atrial fibrillation, myocardial infarction, arterial dissection, vasculopathy, neoplasia. We also excluded any kind of transient cerebral ischemia, because of heterogeneity and poor medical documentation.Despite our efforts to treat this condition, carotid disease remains a powerful risk factor for ischemic stroke.</abstract>

Stroke is a common cause of adult disability and the third cause of death in Western European countries. Carotid disease is a well-known risk factor for ischemic stroke, and this relationship is established. However, only a minority of the population with atherosclerosis will have a stroke.The aim of these paper is to establish the relation between carotid atherosclerosis and first ischemic stroke. We performed an observational study, including 159 patients with carotid atherosclerosis. Our patients were examined with carotid ultrasound examination and cranio-cerebral computed tomography. We excluded patient with other cause of cerebral ischemia such atrial fibrillation, myocardial infarction, arterial dissection, vasculopathy, neoplasia. We also excluded any kind of transient cerebral ischemia, because of heterogeneity and poor medical documentation.Despite our efforts to treat this condition, carotid disease remains a powerful risk factor for ischemic stroke.

Carotid Artery Disease - Left vs Right

Faculty of Medicine, University “Ovidius” of Constanta

ARS Medica Tomitana

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Stroke is a common cause of adult disability and the third cause of death in Western European countries. Carotid disease is a well-known risk factor for...

Carotid Artery Disease - Left vs Right

Published Online: Jan 18, 2017

Page range: 169 - 173

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/arsm-2016-0028

Keywords
atherosclerosis, plaques, carotid artery, left versus right

© 2016 Ionescu Ana-Maria et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Carotid Artery Disease - Left vs Right

Published Online: Jan 18, 2017

Page range: 169 - 173

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/arsm-2016-0028

Keywordsatherosclerosis, plaques, carotid artery, left versus right

© 2016 Ionescu Ana-Maria et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
atherosclerosis, plaques, carotid artery, left versus right