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21. Archived: Final Research Plan: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening, December 2007 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    January 23, 2014 - Share to Email Print archived Final Research Plan Carotid Artery … The figure illustrates how screening for and treatment of asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis (CAS) … Abbreviations: CAS = carotid artery stenosis; CAAS = carotid angioplasty and stenting; CEA = carotid … tomographic angiography (CTA), and/or magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) for asymptomatic carotid artery … Screening for Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis: Final Research Plan.

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    November 01, 2014 - Screening for Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis: U.S. … evidence of the benefits and harms of screening using ultrasonography to detect narrowing of the carotid arteries … SCREENING FOR ASYMPTOMATIC CAROTID ARTERY STENOSIS CLINICAL SUMMARY OF U.S. … One study of 1006 carotid arteries reported poor agreement between readers for the differentiation of … Stenting versus endarterectomy for treatment of carotid-artery stenosis.

23. Clinical Summary: Risk Assessment for Cardiovascular Disease With Nontraditional Risk Factors (pdf file)
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    blood pressure at the ankle (measuring the pressure proximal to the dorsalis pedis or posterior tibial artery … ) to the systolic blood pressure at the brachial artery. … A value <0.9 indicates peripheral artery disease. hsCRP is a serum protein involved in inflammatory … obtained by electron-beam or multidetector CT, w hich measure the calcium content in the coronary arteries … on smoking cessation, counseling on healthful diet and physical activity, screening for peripheral artery

24. Update on the Methods of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Estimating Certainty and Magnitude of Net Benefit (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2007 - Because carotid artery stenosis screening has both known bene- fits and harms, estimating net benefit … - terectomy to medical management of asymptomatic ca- rotid artery stenosis are available. … of high-grade carotid artery Table 1. … Screening for carotid artery stenosis: U.S. … Screening for carotid artery stenosis: an update of the evidence for the U.S.

25. Update on the Methods of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Estimating Certainty and Magnitude of Net Benefit (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2007 - Because carotid artery stenosis screening has both known bene- fits and harms, estimating net benefit … - terectomy to medical management of asymptomatic ca- rotid artery stenosis are available. … of high-grade carotid artery Table 1. … Screening for carotid artery stenosis: U.S. … Screening for carotid artery stenosis: an update of the evidence for the U.S.

26. Risk Assessment for Cardiovascular Disease With Nontraditional Risk Factors: US Preventive Services Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2020 - on the ankle-brachial index (ABI), high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) level, and coronary artery … ) to the systolic blood pressure at the brachial artery. … ) to the systolic blood pressure at the brachial artery. … is obtained by electron-beam or multidetector CT, which measure the calcium content in the coronary arteries … electron-beam or multidetector computed tomography, which measure the calcium content in the coronary arteries

27. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening, December 2007 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    December 15, 2007 - Carotid artery stenosis (CAS) is pathologic atherosclerotic narrowing of the extracranial carotid arteries … Protected carotid-artery stenting versus endarterectomy in high-risk patients. … Relation of smoking with carotid artery wall thickness and stenosis in older adults. … Screening for Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis. Evidence Synthesis No. 50. … [PMID: 8418401] Endarterectomy for asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis.

28. Clinician Summary of USPSTF Recommendation Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2019 - The USPSTF has made recommendations on screening for carotid artery stenosis and screening for peripheral … abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening1 https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Document/RecommendationStatementFinal/carotid-artery-stenosis-screening … https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Document/RecommendationStatementFinal/peripheral-artery-disease-in-adults-screening-with-the-ankle-brachial-index

29. Recommendation: Cardiovascular Disease: Risk Assessment With Nontraditional Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    July 10, 2018 - Update in Progress for Enhanced Risk Assessment for Cardiovascular Disease: Coronary Artery Calcium … ) to the systolic blood pressure at the brachial artery. … is obtained by electron-beam or multidetector CT, which measure the calcium content in the coronary arteries … ) to the systolic blood pressure at the brachial artery. … electron-beam or multidetector computed tomography, which measure the calcium content in the coronary arteries

30. Final Research Plan: Cardiovascular Disease: Risk Assessment With Nontraditional Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    September 03, 2015 - Abbreviations: ABI = ankle–brachial index; CAC = coronary artery … the rate of incidental findings (including subsequent diagnostic workup) when screening for coronary artery … definition Atherosclerotic CVD, including coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, and peripheral artery … race/ethnicity, and diabetes status Risk factors High-sensitivity C-reactive protein, coronary artery

31. Final Research Plan: Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    November 05, 2020 - What are the effects on mortality and cardiovascular events of use of the coronary artery calcium score … What are the effects of consideration of coronary artery calcium score, C-reactive protein, ankle-brachial … outcomes (e.g., lipid levels, measures of atherosclerosis such as intima media thickness or coronary artery

32. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Coronary Heart Disease: Screening Using Non-Traditional Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    October 15, 2009 - CAC score Calcium content of the coronary arteries estimated from a radiographic image by using 1 of … and medial layers is measured at ≥1 site (common carotid, carotid bifurcation, and internal carotid arteries … Tomography Electron-beam computed tomography can be used to quantify calcification of the coronary arteries … device, the multidetector computed tomography scanner, provides better visualization of the coronary arteries … ABI is an indicator of peripheral arterial disease—atherosclerotic disease that involves the large arteries

33. Emerging Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease: A Summary of Systematic Reviews Conducted for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2009 - CAC score Calcium content of the coronary arteries estimated from a radiographic image by using 1 of … and medial layers is measured at �1 site (common carotid, carotid bifurcation, and internal carotid arteries … Tomography Electron-beam computed tomography can be used to quantify calcification of the coronary arteries … device, the multidetector computed tomography scanner, provides better visualization of the coronary arteries … ABI is an indicator of peripheral arterial disease— atherosclerotic disease that involves the large arteries

34. Recommendation: Enhanced Risk Assessment for Cardiovascular Disease: Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    September 19, 2024 - Print Enhanced Risk Assessment for Cardiovascular Disease: Coronary Artery

35. Aspirin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Colorectal Cancer: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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    smoking cessation and promoting a healthful diet and physical activity, as well as screening for carotid artery … stenosis, coronary heart disease, high blood pressure, lipid disorders, obesity, diabetes, peripheral artery

36. Evidence Summary: Cardiovascular Disease: Risk Assessment With Nontraditional Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    July 10, 2018 - of the ankle-brachial index (ABI), high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) level, and coronary artery … Comparison of coronary artery calcification, carotid intima-media thickness and ankle-brachial index … Population screening for coronary artery calcification does not increase mental distress and the use … Coronary artery calcium score and risk classification for coronary heart disease prediction. … The case for and against a coronary artery calcium trial: means, motive, and opportunity.

37. Final Research Plan: Enhanced Risk Assessment for Cardiovascular Disease | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    September 26, 2024 - Preventive Services Task Force posted today a final research plan on the use of coronary artery calcium

38. Clinical Summary: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/ClinicalSummaryFinal/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening
    December 10, 2019 - The USPSTF has made recommendations on screening for carotid artery stenosis and screening for peripheral

39. Archived: Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and Colorectal Cancer: Preventive Medication, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    January 01, 1996 - mellitus, physical inactivity, increased age, male sex, and a family history of premature coronary artery … unstable angina, previous MI, transient ischemic attacks, prior ischemic stroke, and after coronary artery … Some have suggested that hypertensive patients, a population at increased risk for both coronary artery … Fuster V, Cohen M, Chesebro JH Usefulness of aspirin for coronary artery disease. … Wallentin LC Aspirin (75 mg/day) after an episode of unstable coronary artery disease: long-term effects

40. Nontraditional Risk Factors in Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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    July 17, 2018 - of the ankle-brachial index (ABI), high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) level, and coronary artery … Comparison of coronary artery calcification, carotid intima-media thickness and ankle-brachial index … Population screening for coronary artery calcification does not increase mental distress and the use … Coronary artery calcium score and risk classification for coronary heart disease prediction. … The case for and against a coronary artery calcium trial: means, motive, and opportunity.