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carotid ultrasound
Indications:
- evaluation of internal carotid artery disease
Contraindications:
- follow-up or surveillance for carotid artery stenosis in asymptomatic patients with a normal prior examination [2]
Notes:
- increasing use in the elderly by cardiologists & vascular surgeons
Related
carotid artery disease
internal carotid artery (ICA)
General
ultrasound (US, UTZ)
noninvasive vascular diagnostic study
carotid imaging
References
- Zafar AM et al.
Growth of carotid artery duplex ultrasound among Medicare
beneficiaries (2000-2007).
AJR Am J Roentgenol 2012 Apr; 198:866
PMID: 22451553
- ACCF/ACR/AIUM/ASE/ASN/ICAVL/SCAI/SCCT/SIR/SVM/SVS 2012
Appropriate Use Criteria for Peripheral Vascular Ultrasound
and Physiological Testing Part I: Arterial Ultrasound and
Physiological Testing
J Am Coll Cardiol, (Published online 11 June 2012
PMID: 22694840
http://content.onlinejacc.org/cgi/content/full/j.jacc.2012.02.009