Review Article
Asymptomatic and Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis: An Obsolete Classification?
Table 3
Factors that increase stroke risk in patients with carotid stenosis.
| Acute hemispheric ischemia associated with carotid stenosis in the last 4 weeks | | Ipsilateral silent infarcts in CT/MRI | | Intracranial artery stenosis | | Contralateral carotid occlusion | | Insufficient medical treatment (risk factors) | | Insufficient collateralisation over the circulus Willisii | | Coexistent coronary/peripheral artery disease | | Leukoaraiosis | | HITS detection | | Rapid progression of carotid stenosis | | Plaque ulcerations | | Highly echolucent plaques in carotid duplexsonography | | High Lp-PLA2 Concentration | |
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