Objectives: We sought to identify clinical and/or plaque characteristics that affect
atherosclerotic disease progression and arterial remodeling in the carotid artery with …

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to delineate the natural history of the progression of
asymptomatic carotid stenosis. Methods: In a 10-year period, 1701 carotid arteries in 1004 …

Background and Purpose—Carotid angioplasty and stenting (CAS) has emerged as a
potential alternative to endarterectomy (CEA) for the treatment of carotid artery disease …

Background Patients with symptomatic carotid artery stenosis are at high risk for recurrent
stroke. To date, the decision to perform carotid endarterectomy in patients with a recent …

Objectives In-stent intimal restenosis (ISR) caused by neointimal hyperplasia can develop<
24 months after carotid artery stenting (CAS). The utility of plaque imaging by carotid …

Objectives: Embolic ischemic strokes cause significant mortality and morbidity worldwide. It
has been proposed that some of these strokes are due to unstable carotid plaques with …

Objective The aim of this review was to identify clinical and/or imaging parameters that are
associated with an increased (decreased) risk of early/late stroke in patients with …

Background and purpose Patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis (s CS) have a higher
risk of stroke recurrence following the first ischaemic event. Guidelines recommend that …

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is increasingly being used to identify patients with
carotid plaques that are vulnerable to rupture, so-called vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the spontaneous evolution of extracranial carotid atherosclerosis
in asymptomatic patients who did not present the main risk factors associated to the disease …