Identification of “high risk” asymptomatic carotid stenosis: we need to get a better yield from invasive treatments

AUTOR(ES)

Ricci, Stefano

FONTE

BMJ Group

RESUMO

Inflammatory activity is higher in those patients who have controlateral symptoms than in those without any history of cerebrovascular disorders, suggesting that inflammation of atheroma may be a systemic event, and that symptoms in one territory may increase the risk in other territories

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