Experience of a single center in the conservative approach of 20 consecutive cases of asymptomatic extracranial carotid artery aneurysms.
V E C PourierJ C WelleweerdL J KappelleG J E RinkelY M RuigrokH B van der WorpT H LoM L BotsF L MollG J de BorstPublished in: European journal of neurology (2018)
In this retrospective case series of patients with an asymptomatic ECAA, the risk of cerebral infarction is small but not negligible. Conservative management seems justified, in particular in patients without growth. Large prospective registry data are necessary to assess follow-up imaging strategies and the role of antiplatelet therapy.
Keyphrases
- antiplatelet therapy
- end stage renal disease
- acute coronary syndrome
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- high resolution
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- electronic health record
- cross sectional
- internal carotid artery
- coronary artery disease
- patient reported outcomes
- machine learning
- photodynamic therapy