Focused screening for occult carotid artery disease: patients with known heart disease are at high risk Caron B Rockman, MD, Glenn R Jacobowitz, MD, Paul J Gagne, MD, Mark A Adelman, MD, Patrick J Lamparello, MD, Ronnie Landis, RN, Thomas S Riles, MD Journal of Vascular Surgery Volume 39, Issue 1, Pages 44-50 (January 2004) DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2003.07.008
Fig 1 Relationship between types of heart disease and occult CAS among screened patients (n = 170). Gray bars, Number of patients; black diamonds, percent of patients with CAS. CAD, Coronary artery disease; CAS, carotid artery stenosis. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2004 39, 44-50DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2003.07.008)
Fig 2 Comparison of prevalence of demographic risk factors in patients without CAS (black bars), with unilateral CAS (light gray bars), and with bilateral CAS (dark gray bars). CAS, Carotid artery stenosis; Hi chol, hypercholesterolemia; Htn, hypertension. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2004 39, 44-50DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2003.07.008)
Fig 3 Direct costs per patient (black squares) per screening session. Gray bars indicate number of patients screened. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2004 39, 44-50DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2003.07.008)