The state of evidence for the daily routine intervention for carotid artery stenosis

Carotid artery stenosis causes approximately 10% of all strokes. Knowing how to best reduce this risk is important for public health and health economy. The objective here was to capture fundamental elements in how to best manage carotid artery stenosis (narrowing due to atherosclerosis). This concise review draws upon multinational, multispecialty reviews and key original research. Given the lack of current evidence for procedural benefits with respect to stroke risk reduction associated with carotid stenosis, this document focuses on the effectiveness and nature of current best practice noninvasive arterial care.