The role of monocyte to HDL ratio in predicting clinically significant carotid stenosis in patients with asymptomatic carotid artery disease.

Pre-angiographic MHR may be a better predictor than FAR and hsCRP in identifying a clinically significant carotid stenosis in patients with asymptomatic CAS. Patients with asymptomatic CAS and a high level of MHR should be followed-up closely to supervise risk-factor control and intensify treatment.