The recently published Asymptomatic Carotid Atherosderosis Study (ACAS) demonstrated the benefit of performing carotid endarterectomy in selected asymptomatic patients who have >60% carotid stenoses. It therefore becomes clinically important to identify the subgroups of patients who have a sufficiently high incidence of high-grade carotid stenosis to warrant routine carotid duplex screening.
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