Carotid Artery Disease

Carotid artery disease is atherosclerotic narrowing of the extracranial carotid arteries — most often at the carotid bifurcation / proximal internal carotid artery (ICA) — and is a leading cause of ischaemic stroke. For NEET PG it sits at the intersection of vascular surgery and neurology: expect questions on duplex criteria, NASCET measurement, the symptomatic-vs-asymptomatic stenosis cut-offs for carotid endarterec…