Contemporary prevalence of carotid stenosis in patients presenting with ischaemic stroke.

CONCLUSION: Carotid stenosis is common, affecting one in five patients presenting with stroke or TIA. Careful MDT discussion may avoid unnecessary intervention and should be the standard of care.
PMID: 30938840 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The British Journal of Surgery - April 1, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Cheng SF, Brown MM, Simister RJ, Richards T Tags: Br J Surg Source Type: research