Background There is a paucity of literature on the natural history of extracranial carotid artery
occlusion (CAO). This study reviews the natural history of this patient cohort. Methods This …

Objectives Limited available data suggests the incidence of carotid artery occlusion (CAO) is
declining, and if detected, the association with acute stroke is very low. We report our long …

Carotid artery occlusion (CAO) is a risk factor for stroke ipsilateral to the occlusion and puts
patients in a high-risk category when contralateral endarterectomy is performed. The …

To investigate the hemodynamics and clinical presentation of common carotid artery
occlusion (CCAO), we reviewed 6,415 patients with suspected carotid artery disease in …

It remains a significant technical challenge for duplex ultrasound to accurately differentiate
between total and near total internal carotid artery (ICA) occlusions. We have evaluated the …

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of an echo-enhancing agent in
patients with carotid artery occlusion to improve the sensitivity and specificity of carotid color …

Background and purpose: Color duplex ultrasound has been advocated as an alternative to
arteriography before carotid endarterectomy. However, one limitation of color duplex …

Background To determine the results, safety, and clinical outcomes of carotid interventions
performed with duplex ultrasound (DUS) as a single preoperative image for internal carotid …

OBJECTIVES: Modern conventional ultrasound is sensitive to slow flow, but may misclassify
some tight stenoses as occlusion. Symptomatic patients with tight proximal internal carotid …

Purpose: Duplex ultrasonography is an accurate, noninvasive method for diagnosing,
characterizing, and classifying atherosclerotic stenoses of the extracranial carotid artery …