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How do you approaach ischemic stroke from suspected symptomatic ipsilateral carotid web with less than 50% stenosis?

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What is your approach for patients with an ischemic stroke and suspected symptomatic ipsilateral carotid web with less than 50% stenosis?

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Neurology · HCA Houston Healthcare
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I would need to know what the definition of "suspected symptomatic" means in this setting. Is this the patient's first ischemic event? Or have there been multiple ischemic episodes? Is the stroke pattern sub-cortical/lacunar-type from uncontrolled microvascular risk factors or cortical-appearing sug...

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Neurology · NYU
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In general, carotid webs behave very differently from atherosclerotic plaque. We have pretty good data for what to do for atherosclerotic plaque, but much less for carotid webs. However, we do know that carotid webs create a nidus for stasis of blood, which can lead to clot formation. Because of thi...

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