Vulnerability of atherosclerotic carotid disease: changing paradigms? <b>[Abstract in English]</b>

Authors

  • Luciano C. Albuquerque
  • Rubião Hoefel Filho
  • Maurício B. Marques
  • Luis E. Rohde

Abstract

Objective: This review aproachs clinical aspects of carotid disease, the current indications of surgical intervention, and the concepts about vulnerable lesion, and morphologic characterization of the plaque.
Data base: Pappers from Medline database between 1986 and 2006 were consult. Original contribuitions and systematic reviews were selected with Evidence Based Medicine criteria, excluding case report or brief communications.
Findings: There are several evidences that sorological markers and same morphological characteristics of atheroma, showed at imaging, can be correlated with ischemic cerebral events.
Conclusion: The vulnerable carotid plaque identification could change current indication of intervention, still based on angiographic grade of stenosis.
KEY WORDS: CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; SEPSIS SYNDROME; ATHEROSCLEROSIS.

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2006-12-13

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Albuquerque, L. C., Hoefel Filho, R., Marques, M. B., & Rohde, L. E. (2006). Vulnerability of atherosclerotic carotid disease: changing paradigms? <b>[Abstract in English]</b>. Scientia Medica, 16(1). Retrieved from https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/scientiamedica/article/view/1612

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Vol. 16 No. 1 (2006)

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