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"The European Carotid Surgery Trial (ECST) also demonstrated benefits of carotid endarterectomy in patients with symptomatic ICA stenosis> 80% 3. ECST was established by angiographic calculation of ICA stenosis percentage using the following formula:"
"Carotid endarterectomy and transcarotid artery revascularisation are more effective than carotid artery stenting at reducing short- and long-term stroke risk 15. In comparison, carotid artery stenting has advantages in reducing the risks of cranial nerve injury, haematoma, and infection15."
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"Procedures used to treat carotid stenosis include carotid endarterectomy, carotid arterial stenting, and transcarotid artery revascularisation. "
"Atherosclerotic carotid arterial disease accounts for ~15% of all ischaemic strokes and TIAs 6,7. The annual incidence of extracranial carotid artery stenosis as a cause of stroke accounts for ~13 per 100,000 population in the USA 8."
"Conventional angiography has been considered the standard method for evaluating carotid stenosis; moreover, the trials published in the 1990s (NASCET 11, ECST 12, and ACAS 13) were based on this method. However, the introduction and development of ultrasound Doppler, CT angiography (CTA), and MRI angiography (MRA) have increasingly replaced angiography for diagnostic purposes, with angiography now essentially reserved for endovascular treatment."
"Conventional angiography has been considered the standard method for evaluating carotid stenosis; moreover, the trials published in the 1990s (NASCET 11, ECST 12, and ACAS 13) were based on this method. However, the introduction and development of ultrasound Doppler, CT angiography (CTA), and MRI angiography (MRA) have increasingly replaced angiography for diagnostic purposes, with angiography now essentially reserved for endovascular treatment."
"Conventional angiography has been considered the standard method for evaluating carotid stenosis; moreover, the trials published in the 1990s (NASCET 11, ECST 12, and ACAS 13) were based on this method. However, the introduction and development of ultrasound Doppler, CT angiography (CTA), and MRI angiography (MRA) have increasingly replaced angiography for diagnostic purposes, with angiography now essentially reserved for endovascular treatment."
"Duplex Doppler ultrasound is the first-line modality for screening, assessing both plaque and flow characteristics. The degree of stenosis is graded from velocity criteria, most widely the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound (SRU) consensus, in which an internal carotid artery peak systolic velocity (PSV) ≥125 cm/s indicates ≥50% stenosis and >230 cm/s indicates ≥70% stenosis 20."
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"Conventional angiography has been considered the standard method for evaluating carotid stenosis; moreover, the trials published in the 1990s (NASCET 11, ECST 12, and ACAS 13) were based on this method. However, the introduction and development of ultrasound Doppler, CT angiography (CTA), and MRI angiography (MRA) have increasingly replaced angiography for diagnostic purposes, with angiography now essentially reserved for endovascular treatment."
"In 2021 the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) recommended raising the PSV threshold for ≥50% stenosis from 125 to 180 cm/s, as the original value overestimated stenosis; the thresholds for higher-grade stenosis were unchanged 21. Haemodynamically significant stenosis is usually referred for CTA or MRA. The full velocity criteria are discussed in the separate article on ultrasound Doppler criteria for carotid stenosis."