There is No Benefit to Universal Carotid Artery Duplex Screening before a Major Cardiac Surgical Procedure

Conclusions: The majority of postoperative strokes after cardiac surgery are not related to extracranial carotid artery disease and they are not predicted by preoperative carotid artery duplex scan screening. Consequently, universal carotid artery duplex scan screening cannot be recommended and a selective approach should be adopted.
Source: Annals of Vascular Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Papers Presented to the Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society - 23rd Annual Winter Meeting Source Type: research