Quantifying Carotid Stenosis: History, Current Applications, Limitations, and Potential: How Imaging Is Changing the Scenario
Carotid artery stenosis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. The journey to understanding carotid disease has developed over time and radiology has a pivotal role in diagnosis, risk stratification and therapeutic management. This paper reviews the history of diagnostic imaging in carotid dis...
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| author | Luca Saba Roberta Scicolone Elias Johansson Valentina Nardi Giuseppe Lanzino Stavros K. Kakkos Gianluca Pontone Andrea D. Annoni Kosmas I. Paraskevas Allan J. Fox |
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| description | Carotid artery stenosis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. The journey to understanding carotid disease has developed over time and radiology has a pivotal role in diagnosis, risk stratification and therapeutic management. This paper reviews the history of diagnostic imaging in carotid disease, its evolution towards its current applications in the clinical and research fields, and the potential of new technologies to aid clinicians in identifying the disease and tailoring medical and surgical treatment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-35188df7dccd421fb81071d34c98dd6f2024-01-26T17:20:42ZengMDPI AGLife2075-17292024-01-011417310.3390/life14010073Quantifying Carotid Stenosis: History, Current Applications, Limitations, and Potential: How Imaging Is Changing the ScenarioLuca Saba0Roberta Scicolone1Elias Johansson2Valentina Nardi3Giuseppe Lanzino4Stavros K. Kakkos5Gianluca Pontone6Andrea D. Annoni7Kosmas I. Paraskevas8Allan J. Fox9Department of Radiology, University of Cagliari, 09042 Cagliari, ItalyDepartment of Radiology, University of Cagliari, 09042 Cagliari, ItalyNeuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, 41390 Gothenburg, SwedenDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USADepartment of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USADepartment of Vascular Surgery, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, GreeceCentro Cardiologico Monzino IRCCS, Via C. Parea 4, 20138 Milan, ItalyCentro Cardiologico Monzino IRCCS, Via C. Parea 4, 20138 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Vascular Surgery, Central Clinic of Athens, 14122 Athens, GreeceDepartment of Medical Imaging, Neuroradiology Section, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M4N 3M5, CanadaCarotid artery stenosis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. The journey to understanding carotid disease has developed over time and radiology has a pivotal role in diagnosis, risk stratification and therapeutic management. This paper reviews the history of diagnostic imaging in carotid disease, its evolution towards its current applications in the clinical and research fields, and the potential of new technologies to aid clinicians in identifying the disease and tailoring medical and surgical treatment.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/14/1/73carotid diseasecarotid stenosiscarotid endarterectomynear-occlusionvulnerable carotid plaqueplaque-RADS |
| spellingShingle | Luca Saba Roberta Scicolone Elias Johansson Valentina Nardi Giuseppe Lanzino Stavros K. Kakkos Gianluca Pontone Andrea D. Annoni Kosmas I. Paraskevas Allan J. Fox Quantifying Carotid Stenosis: History, Current Applications, Limitations, and Potential: How Imaging Is Changing the Scenario Life carotid disease carotid stenosis carotid endarterectomy near-occlusion vulnerable carotid plaque plaque-RADS |
| title | Quantifying Carotid Stenosis: History, Current Applications, Limitations, and Potential: How Imaging Is Changing the Scenario |
| title_full | Quantifying Carotid Stenosis: History, Current Applications, Limitations, and Potential: How Imaging Is Changing the Scenario |
| title_fullStr | Quantifying Carotid Stenosis: History, Current Applications, Limitations, and Potential: How Imaging Is Changing the Scenario |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quantifying Carotid Stenosis: History, Current Applications, Limitations, and Potential: How Imaging Is Changing the Scenario |
| title_short | Quantifying Carotid Stenosis: History, Current Applications, Limitations, and Potential: How Imaging Is Changing the Scenario |
| title_sort | quantifying carotid stenosis history current applications limitations and potential how imaging is changing the scenario |
| topic | carotid disease carotid stenosis carotid endarterectomy near-occlusion vulnerable carotid plaque plaque-RADS |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/14/1/73 |
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