International Journal of Cerebrovascular Diseases 2013;21(9):687-692

doi:10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4165.2013.09.005

Screening for asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis

Ningning LI ; Yanguo XU ; Renliang ZHAO

Keywords

Carotid Stenosis; Stroke; Diagnostic Imaging; Risk Assessment; Mass Screening

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

Patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis (ACS) are the potentially high-risk population of stroke.Screening for high-risk patients with ACS and giving them appropriate interventions may have great significance for the prevention of the occurrence of stroke.This article reviews the advances in research of ACS screening in recent years.