Carotid artery stenosis medical therapy
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Overview
Medical Therapy
- Conservative treatment can include the use of Antiplatelet drugs
Guideline on the Management of Patients With Extracranial Carotid and Vertebral Artery Disease: Treatment of Hypertension[1] (DO NOT EDIT)
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Class IIaExcept during the hyperacute period, antihypertensive treatment is probably indicated in patients with hypertension and symptomatic atherosclerotic ECVD, but the benefit of treatment to a specific BP has not been established in relation to the risk of exacerbating cerebral ischemia. (Level ofEvidence: C) |
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Guideline on the Management of Patients With Extracranial Carotid and Vertebral Artery Disease:Control of Hyperlipidemia[1] (DO NOT EDIT)
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Guideline on the Management of Patients With Extracranial Carotid and Vertebral Artery Disease: Management of Diabetes Mellitus in Patients With Atherosclerosis of the Extracranial Carotid or Vertebral Arteries[1] (DO NOT EDIT)
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Brott TG, Halperin JL, Abbara S, Bacharach JM, Barr JD, Bush RL; et al. (2011). "2011 ASA/ACCF/AHA/AANN/AANS/ACR/ASNR/CNS/SAIP/SCAI/SIR/SNIS/SVM/SVS guideline on the management of patients with extracranial carotid and vertebral artery disease: executive summary. A report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines, and the American Stroke Association, American Association of Neuroscience Nurses, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, American College of Radiology, American Society of Neuroradiology, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Society of Atherosclerosis Imaging and Prevention, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society of Interventional Radiology, Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery, Society for Vascular Medicine, and Society for Vascular Surgery". Circulation. 124 (4): 489–532. doi:10.1161/CIR.0b013e31820d8d78. PMID 21282505.