Wednesday, July 15, 2009

NASCET Criteria for Carotid Stenosis

How to measure the internal carotid artery for NASCETThe North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial (NASCET) is a method of quantifying internal carotid artery stenosis. The diameter of the stenotic segment is divided by the diameter of a normal, distal segment of internal carotid artery (where walls are parallel) and subtracted from 1.

References

Ota H, et al. Quantitative Vascular Measurements in Arterial Occlusive Disease. RadioGraphics 2005;25:1141-1158.

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