Duplex ultrasound surveillance after carotid artery endarterectomy. 2016

Julien Al Shakarchi, and Danielle Lowry, and Jay Nath, and Aurangzaib Z Khawaja, and Nicholas Inston, and Alok Tiwari
Department of Renal Surgery, University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Electronic address: j.alshakarchi@nhs.net.

After carotid endarterectomy (CEA), patients have been regularly followed up by duplex ultrasound imaging. However, the evidence for long-term follow-up is not clear, especially if the results from an early duplex scan are normal. This study assessed and systematically reviewed the evidence base for long-term surveillance after CEA and a normal early scan. Electronic databases were searched for studies assessing duplex surveillance after CEA in accordance with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. The primary outcome for this study was the incidence of restenosis after a normal early scan. The secondary outcome was the number of reinterventions after a normal early scan. The review included seven studies that reported 2317 procedures. Of those patients with a normal early scan, 2.8% (95% confidence interval, 0.7%-6%) developed a restenosis, and 0.4% (95% confidence interval, 0%-0.9%) underwent a reintervention for their restenosis during the follow-up period. This review confirms that routine postoperative duplex ultrasound surveillance after CEA is not necessary if the early duplex scan is normal.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011237 Predictive Value of Tests In screening and diagnostic tests, the probability that a person with a positive test is a true positive (i.e., has the disease), is referred to as the predictive value of a positive test; whereas, the predictive value of a negative test is the probability that the person with a negative test does not have the disease. Predictive value is related to the sensitivity and specificity of the test. Negative Predictive Value,Positive Predictive Value,Predictive Value Of Test,Predictive Values Of Tests,Negative Predictive Values,Positive Predictive Values,Predictive Value, Negative,Predictive Value, Positive
D012008 Recurrence The return of a sign, symptom, or disease after a remission. Recrudescence,Relapse,Recrudescences,Recurrences,Relapses
D002339 Carotid Arteries Either of the two principal arteries on both sides of the neck that supply blood to the head and neck; each divides into two branches, the internal carotid artery and the external carotid artery. Arteries, Carotid,Artery, Carotid,Carotid Artery
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013997 Time Factors Elements of limited time intervals, contributing to particular results or situations. Time Series,Factor, Time,Time Factor
D016893 Carotid Stenosis Narrowing or stricture of any part of the CAROTID ARTERIES, most often due to atherosclerotic plaque formation. Ulcerations may form in atherosclerotic plaques and induce THROMBUS formation. Platelet or cholesterol emboli may arise from stenotic carotid lesions and induce a TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; or temporary blindness (AMAUROSIS FUGAX). (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp 822-3) Carotid Artery Narrowing,Carotid Ulcer,Carotid Artery Plaque,Carotid Artery Stenosis,Carotid Artery Ulcerating Plaque,Common Carotid Artery Stenosis,External Carotid Artery Stenosis,Internal Carotid Artery Stenosis,Plaque, Ulcerating, Carotid Artery,Stenosis, Common Carotid Artery,Stenosis, External Carotid Artery,Ulcerating Plaque, Carotid Artery,Artery Narrowing, Carotid,Artery Narrowings, Carotid,Artery Plaque, Carotid,Artery Plaques, Carotid,Artery Stenoses, Carotid,Artery Stenosis, Carotid,Carotid Artery Narrowings,Carotid Artery Plaques,Carotid Artery Stenoses,Carotid Stenoses,Carotid Ulcers,Narrowing, Carotid Artery,Narrowings, Carotid Artery,Plaque, Carotid Artery,Plaques, Carotid Artery,Stenoses, Carotid,Stenoses, Carotid Artery,Stenosis, Carotid,Stenosis, Carotid Artery,Ulcer, Carotid,Ulcers, Carotid
D016894 Endarterectomy, Carotid The excision of the thickened, atheromatous tunica intima of a carotid artery. Carotid Endarterectomy,Carotid Endarterectomies,Endarterectomies, Carotid
D016896 Treatment Outcome Evaluation undertaken to assess the results or consequences of management and procedures used in combating disease in order to determine the efficacy, effectiveness, safety, and practicability of these interventions in individual cases or series. Rehabilitation Outcome,Treatment Effectiveness,Clinical Effectiveness,Clinical Efficacy,Patient-Relevant Outcome,Treatment Efficacy,Effectiveness, Clinical,Effectiveness, Treatment,Efficacy, Clinical,Efficacy, Treatment,Outcome, Patient-Relevant,Outcome, Rehabilitation,Outcome, Treatment,Outcomes, Patient-Relevant,Patient Relevant Outcome,Patient-Relevant Outcomes
D018616 Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex Ultrasonography applying the Doppler effect combined with real-time imaging. The real-time image is created by rapid movement of the ultrasound beam. A powerful advantage of this technique is the ability to estimate the velocity of flow from the Doppler shift frequency. Doppler Ultrasonography, Duplex,Ultrasonography, Duplex Doppler,Doppler Duplex Ultrasonography,Duplex Doppler Ultrasonography,Duplex Ultrasonography, Doppler,Ultrasonography, Doppler Duplex
D019233 Retreatment The therapy of the same disease in a patient, with the same agent or procedure repeated after initial treatment, or with an additional or alternate measure or follow-up. It does not include therapy which requires more than one administration of a therapeutic agent or regimen. Retreatment is often used with reference to a different modality when the original one was inadequate, harmful, or unsuccessful. Retreatments

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