We previously reported a high incidence rate of 32% for = 50% carotid in-stent restenosis when applying the standard carotid duplex ultrasound velocity criteria for nonstented carotid arteries ...

A patient without symptoms should not have a carotid duplex ultrasound for “peace of mind” based on the 2007 USPSTF recommendations against screening the general population for asymptomatic ...

Stenosis of the external carotid artery as detected by duplex scan occurred in 5.5% of patients and was totally asymptomatic. Conclusion: Our results of carotid endarterectomy are comparable to ...

The researchers found that applying different sets of criteria from 10 institutions to interpretation of carotid duplex ultrasounds resulted in marked variation in the number classified as 70–99 ...

Gornik, H. L., et al. (2021) Optimization of duplex velocity criteria for diagnosis of internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis: A report of the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) Vascular ...

Carotid Artery Duplex. A carotid artery duplex is an ultrasound imaging study that assesses blood flow to the major arteries in the neck, which supply blood flow to the brain. Venous Duplex. This ...

A doctor may use a duplex ultrasound to examine how blood flows through a person’s carotid arteries. This imaging test is all that is necessary in most cases.

3 Carotid Artery Stenosis: Gray-scale and Doppler US Diagnosis--Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound Consensus Conference. Grant EG, Benson CB, Moneta GL, et al. Radiology , 2003;229:340-6. About IAC ...

Strokes down after surgery for internal carotid artery stenosis. ... Source Reference: Columbo JA "Therapeutic ultrasound during carotid endarterectomy" BMJ 2025; DOI: 10.1136/bmj.r385.

In all, 54 patients completed a survey regarding their snoring habits and underwent a carotid artery duplex ultrasound—an imaging technique of the neck—to measure the thickness of the walls of ...