Kosmas I Paraskevas, Alan Dardik, Marc L Schermerhorn, Christos D Liapis, Armando Mansilha, Brajesh K Lal, William A Gray, Martin M Brown, Piotr Myrcha, Carl J Lavie, Clark J Zeebregts, Eric A Secemsky, Luca Saba, Matthew Blecha, Victor Gurevich, Mauro Silvestrini, Ales Blinc, Alexei Svetlikov, Jose Fernandes E Fernandes, Peter A Schneider, Peter Gloviczki, Christopher J White, Ali F AbuRahma
INTRODUCTION: Two of the main reasons recent guidelines do not recommend routine population-wide screening programs for asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis (AsxCS) is that screening could lead to an increase of carotid revascularization procedures and that such mass screening programs may not be cost-effective. Nevertheless, selective screening for AsxCS could have several benefits. This article presents the rationale for such a program. AREAS COVERED: The benefits of selective screening for AsxCS include early recognition of AsxCS allowing timely initiation of preventive measures to reduce future myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, cardiac death and cardiovascular (CV) event rates...
March 13, 2024: Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy