TY - GEN AU - Shah,Zubair AU - Masoomi,Reza AU - Thapa,Rashmi AU - Wani,Mashhood AU - Chen,John AU - Dawn,Buddhadeb AU - Rymer,Marilyn AU - Gupta,Kamal TI - Optimal Medical Management Reduces Risk of Disease Progression and Ischemic Events in Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis Patients: A Long-Term Follow-Up Study SN - 1421-9786 PY - 2018///0611 KW - Aged KW - Aged, 80 and over KW - Antihypertensive Agents KW - therapeutic use KW - Asymptomatic Diseases KW - Biomarkers KW - blood KW - Blood Pressure KW - drug effects KW - Brain Ischemia KW - epidemiology KW - Carotid Stenosis KW - diagnostic imaging KW - Chi-Square Distribution KW - Disease Progression KW - Dyslipidemias KW - Female KW - Follow-Up Studies KW - Humans KW - Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors KW - adverse effects KW - Hypertension KW - diagnosis KW - Incidence KW - Ischemic Attack, Transient KW - Kansas KW - Lipoproteins, LDL KW - Logistic Models KW - Male KW - Middle Aged KW - Multivariate Analysis KW - Propensity Score KW - Protective Factors KW - Retrospective Studies KW - Risk Factors KW - Risk Reduction Behavior KW - Severity of Illness Index KW - Smoking KW - Smoking Cessation KW - Stroke KW - Time Factors KW - Treatment Outcome KW - Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex N1 - Publication Type: Journal Article; Observational Study UR - https://doi.org/10.1159/000477501 ER -