Incidence of Microembolic Signals on Transcranial Doppler among Patients with Symptomatic Carotid Near Occlusion
Microembolic signals appear to be more prevalent in symptomatic near occlusions compared with both symptomatic conventional ≥ 50% carotid stenoses and asymptomatic conventional ≥ 50% carotid stenoses. These findings could reflect a possible embolic mechanism behind ischaemic stroke in symptomatic carotid near occlusion patients, but do not rule out concurrent haemodynamic mechanisms. Additional studies using various markers of both embolic and haemodynamic mechanisms are warranted.
Authors
- Alexander Henze
- Allan J. Fox (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5465-5801)
- Joakim Karlsson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6332-4043)
- Elias Johansson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5317-4563)
- Thomas Gu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0560-3578)
- Isabell Hedberg
- Linnea Vikner
- Alexandra Björnebäck
Institutions
- Sunnybrook Health Science Centre (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Umeå University (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
- Published
- 2024-11-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2024.11.012
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.84
Funders
- Västra Götalandsregionen
- Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale
- Hjärt-Lungfonden
- Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse
- Umeå Universitet
- Sveriges Läkarförbund