Implications of Carotid Arterial Plaque Assessment by Ultrasound for the Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologist: An Overview of the 2020 American Society of Echocardiography Recommendations for the Assessment of Carotid Arterial Plaque by Ultrasound for the Characterization of Atherosclerosis and Evaluation of Cardiovascular Risk

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Birmingham, AL; Division of Molecular and Translational Biomedicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Birmingham, AL; UAB Comprehensive Cardiovascular Center, Birmingham, AL.
² Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Birmingham, AL; Division of Congenital Cardiac Anesthesiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Birmingham, AL; Bruno Pediatric Heart Center, Children's of Alabama, Birmingham, AL.

Editorial

Dylan R Addis et al. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2021 Apr.

. 2021 Apr;35(4):987-990.

doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2020.12.006. Epub 2020 Dec 16.

¹ Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Birmingham, AL; Division of Molecular and Translational Biomedicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Birmingham, AL; UAB Comprehensive Cardiovascular Center, Birmingham, AL.
² Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Birmingham, AL; Division of Congenital Cardiac Anesthesiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Birmingham, AL; Bruno Pediatric Heart Center, Children's of Alabama, Birmingham, AL.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest The authors declare no competing interests.

Recommendations for the Assessment of Carotid Arterial Plaque by Ultrasound for the Characterization of Atherosclerosis and Evaluation of Cardiovascular Risk: From the American Society of Echocardiography.
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