Carotid artery stenosis in people at high risk: treatment options.

My doctors never found my 80% blockage of my carotid artery so for three years I was at high risk for another stroke until that artery completely closed up.

Carotid artery stenosis in people at high risk: treatment options.

What is a Patient Decision Aid?

Patient decision aids are tools that help patients, care-givers and families become involved in decision making around difficult health care issues. They are designed to complement, rather than replace, the advice given by a health care practitioner.
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This patient decision aid helps people with serious heart, lung or kidney problems or who are over 80 years old decide on the treatment methods for blocked or narrowed carotid arteries. It facilitates the process by outlining and comparing the three treatment options: taking medicines, stenting and taking medicines, and surgery and taking medicines.

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Keywords

Carotid artery stenosis, medicine, stenting, surgery

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